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FIELDS v. HOWES

No. 09-1215.

617 F.3d 813 (2010)

Randall Lee FIELDS, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Carol HOWES, Respondent-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: August 20, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Brian O. Neill , Office of the Michigan Attorney General, Lansing, Michigan, for Appellant. Elizabeth L. Jacobs , Detroit, Michigan, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Brian O. Neill , Office of the Michigan Attorney General, Lansing, Michigan, for Appellant. Elizabeth L. Jacobs , Detroit, Michigan, for Appellee. Randall Lee Fields , Detroit, Michigan, pro se.

POLSTER, D.J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which CLAY, J., joined. McKEAGUE, J. (pp. 824-28), delivered a separate concurring opinion.

OPINION

DAN AARON POLSTER, District Judge.

Appellant appeals the district court's conditional grant of the petition of writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The district court found that the Michigan Court of Appeals unreasonably applied established federal law in determining that a confession made by Appellee was properly admitted into evidence. For the following reasons, we affirm.

I. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

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