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SIMPSON v. JONES

No. 99-1677.

238 F.3d 399 (2000)

Jimmie Lee Simpson, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Kurt Jones, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: December 5, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: James Sterling Lawrence, Detroit, Michigan, for Appellant.

Laura Graves Moody, ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL, HABEAS CORPUS DIVISION, Lansing, Michigan, for Appellee.

ON BRIEF: James Sterling Lawrence, Detroit, Michigan, for Appellant.

Vincent J. Leone, ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL, HABEAS CORPUS DIVISION, Lansing, Michigan, for Appellee.

Before: BOGGS and SUHRHEINRICH, Circuit Judges; and ALDRICH, District Judge.

Pursuant to Sixth Circuit Rule 206

BOGGS, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner-appellant, Jimmie Lee Simpson, was convicted of first degree felony murder under Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.316, on April 15, 1986. On April 28, 1986, Simpson was sentenced to life in prison without parole. Simpson now appeals a district court decision denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. We affirm.

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