District Court, E.D. Michigan July 19, 2001, 2:00-cv-71474 (Crawley v. Curtis)

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

TARNOW, District Judge.

I.

Introduction

Currently pending before the Court is the

pro se

habeas corpus petition of Walter Crawley, III (“Petitioner”). Following a bench trial in 1993, Petitioner was convicted of first-degree premeditated murder, Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.316, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.227b.