Legal Opinion
Blackston v. Rapelje
District Court, E.D. Michigan
Decided December 5, 2012No. Case No. 2:09-cv-14766PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER CONDITIONALLY GRANTING THE PETITION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
ARTHUR J. TARNOW, Senior District Judge.
Petitioner Junior Fred Blackston has filed a pro se habeas corpus petition challenging his Van Burén County conviction for first-degree murder. The Court has determined that Petitioner’s Sixth Amendment right of confrontation and his Fourteenth Amendment right to due process were violated by the trial court’s refusal to permit Petitioner to impeach the prior testimony of two key prosecution witnesses with their recanting statements. Therefore, the petition will be…
2Cases cited47 opinions
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Junior Blackston v. Lloyd RapeljeCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2015
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