Jasubhai Desai v. Raymond Booker

OPINION

SUTTON, Circuit Judge.

In 2001, a Michigan jury found Jasubhai Desai guilty of first-degree murder, and a Michigan trial court imposed a life sentence. The Michigan state courts affirmed the conviction. A federal district court granted Desai’s habeas petition on the ground that the admission of his co-defendant’s non-testimonial statement against interest violated the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Because the state courts did not unreasonably apply relevant United States Supreme Court precedent, we reverse.

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Anna Marie Turetzky, a nurse, and Jasubhai Desai, a doctor,…