Amos v. Renico, No. 07-1235 (6th Cir. 2012)
Annotate this CaseAmos’s third wife died of a cocaine overdose while in a hotel room alone with Amos. He was convicted of first-degree premeditated murder and first-degree murder by poisoning and sentenced to two terms of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. On remand, the judgment was amended to reflect only one conviction of first-degree murder under two theories. The Michigan Supreme Court denied leave to appeal. After state courts denied habeas relief, the district court found that three of the claims were procedurally defaulted and rejected remaining claims. The Sixth Circuit affirmed, finding no merit in claims of ineffective assistance of counsel and due process violations in the forms of prosecutorial misconduct and false testimony or withholding evidence with regard to the level of cocaine in the victim’s system.
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