United States Sixth Circuit

Evidence established that defendant's decision to kill was premeditated and that the act of killing was deliberate, and defendant offered nothing more than gross speculation of error in a missing portion of a transcript.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/06/2002
• Published 09/06/2002

Judges

• Before: KENNEDY, SUHRHEINRICH, and BATCHELDER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• James Sterling Lawrence (argued and briefed), Detroit, MI, for Petitioner-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Janet A. Van Cleve (argued and briefed), Office of the Attorney General, Habeas Corpus Division, Lansing, MI, for Respondent-Appellee.