Legal Opinion
Puertas v. Overton
District Court, E.D. Michigan
Decided October 19, 2004No. CIV.03-40157PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR THE WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
GADOLA, District Judge.
Before the Court is a petition by Joseph Edmund Puertas for the writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. For the reasons set forth below, the Court will deny the petition.
I. BACKGROUND
Petitioner was tried in Oakland County Circuit Court with co-defendant James Michael Talley. On November 1, 1999, the jury convicted Petitioner of (1) conspiracy to deliver 50 to 225 grams of a controlled substance, second offense under Michigan Compiled Laws § 333.7413(l)(c), (2) operating a criminal…
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