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LOUIS CHANDLER v. MIKE BROWN, Warden

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Jan 24, 2025

Court: 6th Circuit Court (Published Opinions)

Attorneys 1: ARGUED: Matthew A. Monahan, STATE APPELLATE DEFENDER OFFICE, Detroit, Michigan, for Appellant.

Attorneys 2: ARGUED: Jared D. Schultz, OFFICE OF THE MICHIGAN ATTORNEY GENERAL, Lansing, Michigan, for Appellee.

Attorneys 3: ON BRIEF: Matthew A. Monahan, STATE APPELLATE DEFENDER OFFICE, Detroit, Michigan, for Appellant.

Attorneys 4: ON BRIEF: Jared D. Schultz, OFFICE OF THE MICHIGAN ATTORNEY GENERAL, Lansing, Michigan, for Appellee.

Judge(s): WHITE, STRANCH, and DAVIS, Circuit Judges

Court Appealed: United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan at Marquette

HELENE N. WHITE, Circuit Judge. Petitioner-Appellant Louis Chandler, a Michigan prisoner, is serving concurrent terms of twenty-five to seventy-five years in prison for two convictions of first-degree criminal sexual conduct. Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.520b(2)(b). After exhausting his state-court appeals, Chandler filed a petition for habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, claiming that the trial court infringed his right to present a complete defense. The district court denied the petition, and Chandler appeals. We REVERSE, conditionally GRANT Chandler’s habeas corpus petition, and REMAND to the district court.

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