Legal Opinion
Sinistaj v. Burt
District Court, E.D. Michigan
Decided August 18, 1994No. 2:93-cv-70618PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GILMORE, District Judge.
Petitioner Fran Sinistaj, an inmate in the custody of the Michigan Department of Corrections, has filed this pro se petition for writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner raises the same five claims earlier raised in his appeals before the Michigan Court of Appeals and the Michigan Supreme Court in support of his request for habeas relief. These five issues include: (1) Whether the new trial judge’s refusal to permit withdrawal of petitioner’s waiver of a jury trial denied Petitioner his Sixth Amendment right to a jury trial; (2) Whether the…
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Fran Sinistaj v. Sherry BurtCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1995
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