Farquharson v. Palmer

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN SOUTHERN DIVISION KERRICK FARQUHARSON, #538192, Petitioner, CASE NO. 2:17-CV-10901 v. HONORABLE ARTHUR J. TARNOW CONNIE HORTON,1 Respondent. _________________________________/ OPINION AND ORDER DENYING THE PETITION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS, GRANTING A CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY, AND GRANTING LEAVE TO PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS ON APPEAL I. Introduction This is a habeas case brought pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Michigan prisoner Kerrick Farquharson (“Petitioner”) was convicted of second-degree murder,

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