LANCASTER v. METRISH

No. 10-2112.

683 F.3d 740 (2012)

Burt LANCASTER, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Linda METRISH, Michigan Department of Corrections, and Patricia L. Caruso, Director, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

June 29, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ON BRIEF: Kenneth M. Mogill , Mogill, Posner & Cohen, Lake Orion, Michigan, for Appellant. Laura Moody , Office of the Attorney General, Lansing, Michigan, for Appellees.

GILMAN, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which CLAY, J., joined. BATCHELDER, C.J. (pp. 754-57), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.


OPINION

RONALD LEE GILMAN, Circuit Judge.

Burt Lancaster appeals from the district court's denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. In 1993, Lancaster was charged by the state of Michigan with first-degree murder and with possession of a firearm in the commission of a felony. At his 1994 jury trial, he was convicted on both counts despite his asserted defenses of insanity and diminished capacity. The judgment was later...

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