Legal Opinion
Kevin Mark Abela v. William Martin, Director, Michigan Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided August 27, 2004No. 00-2430PublishedCited by 112 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION COLE, Circuit Judge.
Petitioner Kevin Mark Abela, a former Michigan prisoner who was convicted of manslaughter and carrying a concealed weapon in 1991, appeals the federal district court’s dismissal of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus, which he filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 on April 26, 1999. Petitioner contends that: (1) his Fifth Amendment rights were violated when police elicited statements from him following his request for counsel and when they interrogated him while he was allegedly intoxicated, in pain, and on pain medication; (2) his due process and Sixth Amendment…
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