Smith v. Smith

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN SOUTHERN DIVISION JOHN EDWARD SMITH, Petitioner, CASE NO. 2:17-cv-10306 v. HONORABLE VICTORIA A. ROBERTS WILLIE O. SMITH, Respondent. _____________________________/ OPINION AND ORDER DENYING THE PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS, DECLINING TO ISSUE A CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY, AND GRANTING LEAVE TO APPEAL IN FORMA PAUPERIS Petitioner John Edward Smith, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, seeks a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner challenges two larceny convictions on grounds that (1) the trial court abused its…