Toler v. McGinnis

OPINION

MOORE, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner-Appellant Michael Toler (“Toler”) was convicted by a Michigan jury of conspiracy to possess with the intent to deliver 650 grams or more of cocaine and the delivery of 650 grams or more of cocaine. Toler was then sentenced to consecutive terms of life imprisonment. After unsuccessfully appealing his sentence and judgment in the Michigan state courts, Toler filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 in the United States District Court of the Eastern District of Michigan. On July 7, 1999, the district court denied Toler’s petition…