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MATTHEWS v. ABRAMAJTYS

No. 00-1447.

319 F.3d 780 (2003)

Lorenzo MATTHEWS, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Joseph ABRAMAJTYS, Warden, Respondent-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: February 10, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lorenzo Matthews, Baraga Maximum Correction Facility, Baraga, MI, Nicholas Smith (argued), Northville, MI, James Sterling Lawrence (briefed), Detroit, MI, for Petitioner-Appellee.

Laura Graves Moody (argued and briefed), Office of the Attorney General, Habeas Corpus Division, Lansing, MI, for Respondent-Appellant.

Before: BOGGS and DAUGHTREY, Circuit Judges; WEBER, District Judge.

OPINION

BOGGS, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner Matthews was convicted by bench trial in 1986 of three counts of first-degree murder and one felony firearm count. Having unsuccessfully pursued his appeals through the Michigan state courts, Matthews filed a series of post-conviction motions with the state courts beginning in 1995. His last such motion was denied by the Michigan Supreme Court on December 30, 1997. In July 1998, Matthews sought a writ of habeas corpus...

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