Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit November 15, 2007, 05-1672, 06-2294 (Ivory v. Jackson)

OPINION

RONALD LEE GILMAN, Circuit Judge.

In January of 1998, Cedric Ivory was charged with the murder of his girlfriend, Alanna Napier. Following a bench trial before a Michigan state court later that year, Ivory was convicted of second-degree murder and a related firearm offense. He was sentenced to a lengthy term of imprisonment on the two charges.