ABRAMS v. BARNETT

No. 95-4065.

100 F.3d 485 (1996)

Sylvester ABRAMS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Paul BARNETT, Warden, Danville Correctional Center, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided November 8, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick F. Cohn, argued, Chicago, IL, for Sylvester Abrams.

Rita M. Novak, Office of Atty. Gen., Chicago, IL, Catherine Glenn, argued, Office of Atty. Gen., Crim. Appeals Div., Springfield, IL, for Paul Barnett.

Before BAUER, FLAUM and DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judges.


FLAUM, Circuit Judge.

A jury convicted Petitioner Sylvester Abrams of first degree murder, and the Appellate Court of Illinois affirmed his conviction on direct appeal, People v. Abrams, 260 Ill.App.3d 566, 197 Ill.Dec. 853, 631 N.E.2d 1312 (1994). Abrams subsequently filed a petition for writ of...

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