Robinson v. Stegall

OPINION AND ORDER (1) DENYING HABEAS CORPUS PETITION, AND (2) INDICATING A WILLINGNESS TO GRANT A CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY AS TO PETITIONER’S CLAIM CHALLENGING THE TRIAL COURT’S RESTRICTION OF CROSS-EXAMINATION

BORMAN, District Judge.

I. Introduction

Petitioner, Lamont D. Robinson (“petitioner”), has filed this pro se petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 alleging that he has been convicted and sentenced in violation of his constitutional rights. Petitioner challenges his conviction after a jury trial of involuntary manslaughter, M.C.L. § 750.321. Petitioner then…