United States Sixth Circuit

Grant of an unconditional writ of habeas corpus pursuant to a challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence for a conviction for armed robbery and carjacking under an aiding and abetting theory is affirmed over a claim that the district court impermissibly substituted its judgment for that of the state court and failed to afford proper deference to the state court's findings of fact.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/14/2006
• Published 03/14/2006

Judges

• Before:  MERRITT, MARTIN, and GILMAN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Debra M. Gagliardi, Office of the Attorney General, Criminal Appellate Division, Lansing, Michigan, for Appellant.  Robert S. Lewis, Thompson Hine, Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellee.   ON BRIEF:  Debra M. Gagliardi, Office of the Attorney General, Criminal Appellate Division, Lansing, Michigan, for Appellant.  Robert S. Lewis, Jack Kurt Denkewalter, Thompson Hine, Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellee.