United States Sixth Circuit

The state court's determination that petitioner knowingly and voluntarily entered his plea was not unreasonable, and petitioner's plea was not illusory where he derived a benefit by avoiding a life sentence without parole and receiving instead a sentence of life with the possibility of parole.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/23/2003
• Published 09/23/2003

Judges

• Before:  GILMAN and GIBBONS, Circuit Judges;  POLSTER, District Judge.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Penny R. Beardslee (briefed), James R. Gerometta (argued and briefed), Federal Public Defenders Office, Detroit, MI, for Petitioner-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Debra M. Gagliardi, Asst. Attorney General, Lansing, MI, for Respondent-Appellee.