United States Sixth Circuit

Where petitioner was fully aware of and present for the orchestrated rape of her daughter by her codefendant's son, a jury easily could have concluded beyond a reasonable doubt that petitioner, despite her silence, rendered assistance and encouragement to co-defendant in committing crime; thus, state court decision that sufficient evidence existed to support conviction for first-degree criminal sexual conduct was neither contrary to clearly established Supreme Court precedent or an unreasonable application of that law.

Appellate Information

• Argued 06/14/2001
• Decided 04/04/2002
• Published 04/04/2002

Judges

• Before BOGGS and SUHRHEINRICH, Circuit Judges;  CLELAND, District Judge.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Paul L. Nelson (argued and briefed), Federal Public Defenders Office, Grand Rapids, MI, for Petitioner-Appellee., Laura Graves Moody (argued and briefed), Office of the Attorney General, Habeas Corpus Division, Lansing, MI, for Respondent-Appellant.