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U.S. EX REL. JACKSON v. WASHINGTON

No. 97 C 6893.

54 F.Supp.2d 831 (1999)

UNITED STATES ex rel. Jamie JACKSON, Petitioner, v. Odie WASHINGTON and George Detella, Respondents.

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

May 28, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jamie Jackson, Joilet, IL, pro se.

Daniel Thomas Coyne, Chicago, IL, for petitioner.

William Lloyd Browers, Illinois Attorney General's Office, Chicago, IL, for respondent.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

GETTLEMAN, District Judge.

Petitioner Jamie Jackson seeks a writ of habeas corpus based on two claims: (1) petitioner's Sixth Amendment rights were violated because his trial counsel was ineffective for a number of reasons; and (2) petitioner's Eighth Amendment rights were violated when he was sentenced to a term of natural life for the offense of first degree murder. Petitioner was convicted of murdering a gas station...

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