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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. LORD SHAWN RUSSELL, Defendant-Appellant. |
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Western District of Michigan at Grand Rapids.
No. 06-00273—George C. Steeh, District Judge.
Argued: November 19, 2009
Decided and Filed: February 19, 2010
Before: MERRITT, GIBBONS, and McKEAGUE, Circuit Judges.
JULIA SMITH GIBBONS, Circuit Judge. Lord Shawn Russell was convicted of various drug- and firearm-related offenses and sentenced to 684 months’ imprisonment. On appeal, he challenges his conviction and sentence on several grounds. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.
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ARTEMIA STEWART, Petitioner-Appellee, v. HUGH WOLFENBARGER, Respondent-Appellant. |
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Eastern District of Michigan at Detroit.
No. 05-10196—David M. Lawson, District Judge.
Argued: October 14, 2009
Decided and Filed: February 19, 2010
Before: GILMAN and GIBBONS, Circuit Judges; ANDERSON, District Judge.
S. THOMAS ANDERSON, District Judge. Artemia Stewart was convicted of second-degree murder, armed robbery, and felony firearm. Stewart was sentenced to concurrent terms of 39 to 60 years imprisonment on the murder and robbery convictions and two years on the firearm charge. After the Michigan appellate courts denied Stewart all post-conviction relief, Stewart filed a petition for federal habeas corpus relief. Holding that there was insufficient evidence to convict Stewart of second degree murder, the district court granted his petition. For the reasons set forth below, we REVERSE the judgment of the district court and REMAND the case with instructions to deny Stewart’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus.