Legal Opinion
Alton Higgins v. Paul Renico
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided November 20, 2006No. 05-1564PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
STAFFORD, District Judge.
Respondent, Paul Renico (“Renico”), appeals a conditional grant of habeas corpus relief to Petitioner, Alton Higgins (“Higgins”), under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. We AFFIRM.
I. BACKGROUND
On April 3, 1995, Alvin Ramsey (“Ramsey”) was shot to death as he sat in the driver’s seat of a car parked in a Detroit neighborhood. Alton Higgins (“Higgins”) was one of three people sitting with Ramsey in that automobile at or near the time Ramsey was shot. Another of those three people, Michael Adams (“Adams”), exited the vehicle and fled on foot before shots were fired, leaving…
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