Legal Opinion
Lett v. Renico
District Court, E.D. Michigan
Decided August 31, 2007No. Civil 04-10018PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER GRANTING PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
DAVID M. LAWSON, District Judge.
The question presented by petitioner Reginald Lett’s petition for writ of habeas corpus is whether the Michigan Supreme Court unreasonably applied United States Supreme Court precedent, specifically Arizona v. Washington, 434 U.S. 497, 98 S.Ct. 824, 54 L.Ed.2d 717 (1978), when it found that Lett could be subjected to a second trial for first-degree murder after a state trial judge declared a mistrial during Lett’s first trial when the jury did not reach a verdict after four hours of deliberation and…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Williams v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- North Carolina v. PearceSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Wiggins v. Smith, WardenSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
- United States v. JornSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Arizona v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Renico v. LettSupreme Court of the United States · 2010
- Renico v. LettSupreme Court of the United States · 2010
- Reginald Lett v. Paul RenicoCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2009
- Renico v. LettSupreme Court of the United States · 2010
- Renico v. LettSupreme Court of the United States · 2010
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