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BYRD v. SKIPPER

No. 18-2021.

940 F.3d 248 (2019)

Curtis Jerome BYRD, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Greg SKIPPER, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: October 8, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Elizabeth L. Jacobs , Detroit, Michigan, for Appellant. Ann M. Sherman , OFFICE OF THE MICHIGAN ATTORNEY GENERAL, Lansing, Michigan, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Elizabeth L. Jacobs, Detroit, Michigan, for Appellant. Ann M. Sherman, OFFICE OF THE MICHIGAN ATTORNEY GENERAL, Lansing, Michigan, for Appellee.

DAUGHTREY, J., delivered the opinion of the court in which COOK, J., joined. GRIFFIN, J. (pp. 261-70), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.

OPINION

Petitioner Curtis Byrd seeks a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Byrd is serving life in prison without the possibility of parole for aiding and abetting a first-degree felony murder, despite the fact that the prosecutor in his case was interested in—and, indeed...

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