Allen v. Gomez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS Darnell Allen (#R-73531), ) ) Petitioner, ) ) v. ) 19 C 2619 ) Office of the Illinois Attorney General, ) ) Respondent. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION CHARLES P. KOCORAS, District Judge: Petitioner Darnell Allen, a Stateville Correctional Center prisoner proceeding pro se, petitions this Court for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Challenging his 2008 Cook County bench trial convictions for murder and aggravated discharge of a firearm, his Petition asserts one claim: his trial attorney was constitutionally ineffective for…