Gardiner v. Warden Bauman

Summary

The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan denied Keith Edward Gardiner’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 challenging his Michigan convictions for first-degree criminal sexual conduct. The court rejected claims involving double jeopardy, ineffective assistance of trial and appellate counsel, jury impartiality, jurisdiction, unlawful searches, and prosecutorial misconduct, denied a certificate of appealability, and granted leave to proceed in forma pauperis on appeal.