Legal Opinion
Harris v. Lafler
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided January 30, 2009No. 05-2104, 05-2159PublishedCited by 90 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SUTTON, Circuit Judge.
A jury convicted Karl Harris of violating several Michigan criminal laws, including second-degree murder, and the judge sentenced him to 52 to 77 years in prison. His state-court efforts to obtain relief came to naught, and he filed this federal habeas corpus petition, which the district court rejected in all respects, save one: It granted relief on his Brady claim that the prosecution failed to disclose three statements made by the police to the State’s lead witness before he testified. We affirm.
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On the night of March 8, 1997, Harris and his friend Richard Ward…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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