United States Sixth Circuit
Smith v. Berghuis, 06-1463
Denial of a petition for habeas relief from a conviction and life sentence for second degree murder and felony possession of a firearm is reversed where petitioner demonstrated a violation of his Sixth Amendment right to a jury drawn from a fair cross-section of the community, and the Michigan Supreme Court unreasonably applied federal law when it held that underrepresentation of African Americans county venire panels did not occur as a result of systematic exclusion.
Appellate Information
- Decided 09/24/2008
- Published 09/24/2008
Judges
Court
- United States Sixth Circuit