United States Sixth Circuit

The district court's conditional grant of a writ of habeas corpus is reversed on grounds that plaintiff-inmate failed to demonstrate a reasonable probability that, but for appellate counsel's failure to raise a Confrontation Clause claim on direct review, the claim would have prevailed and resulted in a reversal of his conviction.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/29/2004
• Published 07/29/2004

Judges

• Before:  KENNEDY, ROGERS, and COOK, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Carole M. Stanyar (argued and briefed), Detroit, MI, for Petitioner-Appellee., Brad H. Beaver (argued and briefed), Asst. Atty. General, Lansing, MI, for Respondent-Appellant.