Legal Opinion
Foster v. Withrow
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided July 30, 2002No. 01-2173PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
Pro se Michigan prisoner Leander Kriegg Foster appeals a district court judgment that denied his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition. The case has been referred to this panel pursuant to Rule 34(j)(l), Rules of the Sixth Circuit. We unanimously agree that oral argument is not needed. Fed. RApp. P. 34(a).
A Michigan jury convicted Foster of first-degree murder, felony murder, armed robbery, and felony possession of a firearm. He is serving, among other sentences, a term of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. Foster challenged his convictions and sentences in the Michigan courts. His…
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