Legal Opinion
Thomas Cress v. Carmen Palmer, Warden, Riverside Correctional Facility
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided April 5, 2007No. 05-1798PublishedCited by 230 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MARTHA CRAIG DAUGHTREY, Circuit Judge.
The petitioner, Thomas Cress, is a Michigan state prisoner serving a life sentence for first-degree felony murder. He appeals from the district court’s order dismissing his second habeas petition, filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The petitioner contends that his due process rights were violated when (1) physical evidence related to his case was destroyed after his appeals were completed, (2) the state post-conviction court rejected as incredible the recantation evidence that he proffered, and (3) the state post-conviction court did not grant him…
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