Dixon v. White

OPINION AND ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS

GADOLA, District Judge.

This matter is pending before the Court on petitioner John Henry Dixon’s application for the writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The habeas petition attacks Petitioner’s state conviction for first-degree criminal sexual conduct. The Court has concluded for reasons given below that the petition must be denied.

I. Background

Petitioner was convicted on June 26, 1997 of two counts of criminal sexual conduct in the first degree. See Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.520b(l)(a) (sexual penetration with a person under…