Lawrence D. Johnson v. Luella Burke

MILBURN, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner Lawrence David Johnson, a state prisoner in Michigan, appeals the dismissal by the district court of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

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Johnson was convicted by a jury on December 6,1974, of one count of first-degree murder and one count of manslaughter. The Michigan Court of Appeals affirmed his conviction on direct appeal (see People v. Johnson, 71 Mich.App. 602, 248 N.W.2d 683 (1977)), and the Michigan Supreme Court denied Johnson’s petition for review on February 16, 1977.

Johnson…