Daniel v. Palmer

OPINION AND ORDER CONDITIONALLY GRANTING THE PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS

ARTHUR J. TARNOW, Senior District Judge.

Marvel Daniel, (“petitioner”), presently confined at the Michigan Reformatory in Ionia, Michigan, seeks the issuance of a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. 1 In his application, filed both pro se and through Nancy L. McGunn and Bradley R. Hall, petitioner challenges his conviction for second-degree murder, M.C.L.A. 750.317. Because his counsel failed to investigate, present a defense and call witnesses, the petition for writ of habeas corpus is CONDITIONALLY…