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U.S. EX REL. DAVIS v. COWAN

No. 99 C 4146.

89 F.Supp.2d 1007 (1999)

UNITED STATES of America, ex rel. James DAVIS, Petitioner, v. Roger COWAN, Warden, Respondent.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division.

December 20, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chief of Criminal Appeals, Illinois Attorney General's Office, Chicago, IL, for respondent.

James Davis, Menard—MND, Menard, IL, petitioner pro se.

Bridget Linda Field, Illinois Attorney General's Office, Chicago, IL, for respondent.

Prisoner, petitioner pro se.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

ASPEN, Chief Judge.

James Davis—convicted of first degree murder in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois and sentenced to 55 years in prison—petitions this Court for a writ of habeas corpus, arguing that the trial court's failure to suppress his confession violated his Fourth Amendment rights. The trial court found that Davis' arrest was illegal for lack of probable cause. Davis argues that his confession...

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