PER CURIAM.
This is an appeal from denial of a writ of habeas corpus by the district court. The petitioner, James Ellis, was convicted of first degree murder in the Michigan state courts. The petitioner admitted the homicide, but claimed that it resulted from his defense of another person. The jury, apparently unimpressed by his defense, found the petitioner guilty as charged.
After exhausting his state remedies, the petitioner filed his habeas corpus petition...
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