Bowman v. Rapelje

1 Citing case

  1. Cope v. Beckstrom

    CIVIL ACTION NO. 13-420-ART-JGW (E.D. Ky. Nov. 5, 2014)

    Doc. 11-5, p. 33. The allegations in petitioner's ยง2254 petition are manifestly insufficient to warrant federal habeas relief. For example, petitioner has offered nothing from the erstwhile witnesses, such as an affidavit, to demonstrate what their testimony would have been. See, e.g., Bowman v. Rapelje, 2014 WL 3767805, at *6 (E.D.Mich. July 31, 2014) ("Petitioner has not provided affidavits from any of the witnesses who he believes that counsel should have called at trial. His conclusory allegations about what those witnesses would have said are insufficient to demonstrate that counsel erred or that he was prejudiced by counsel's conduct.").