Legal Opinion
Mika'eel Abdullah Abdus-Samad, Formerly Known as Michael J. Boyd v. Ricky Bell, Warden
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided August 25, 2005No. 03-6404PublishedCited by 88 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
COLE, Circuit Judge.
Mika’eel Abdullah Abdus-Samad (formerly known as Michael J. Boyd), a Tennessee inmate sentenced to death following his 1986 jury conviction for first-degree felony murder, appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment to Warden Ricky Bell on Abdus-Samad’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus. A certificate of appealability was granted on six claims. These six claims, as well as a request for an evidentiary hearing, are raised on'appeal. For the following reasons, we AFFIRM the district court’s judgment.
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A Tennessee state jury convicted Ab-dus-Samad of…
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