Legal Opinion
Thomas Berry, Jr. v. Barry Mintzes, Warden
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided February 2, 1984No. 82-1150PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN W. PECK, Senior Circuit Judge.
On May 18,1964, Thomas Berry, Jr., with the advice of court-appointed counsel, waived his right to a trial by jury and entered a plea of guilty to the open charge of murder in the Recorder’s Court of the city of Detroit, Michigan. 1 At the close of the hearing held to determine the degree of the offense, the trial judge found Berry guilty of first degree murder. Berry exhausted state remedies and unsuccessfully filed three petitions for a writ of habeas corpus in federal court prior to filing in 1980 the instant petition in the District Court for the Eastern…
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