United States Ex Rel. Raygoza v. Bohler
District Court, N.D. Illinois
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
GETTLEMAN, District Judge.
After a bench trial in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, petitioner, Christopher Raygoza (“petitioner”), was convicted of murder, and attempted murder and sentenced to forty-five years imprisonment. When his state court appeals failed, petitioner filed a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 with this court. For the reasons stated below, the court denies the petition in its entirety.
I. BACKGROUND
A. Procedural History
Following a bench trial before Judge Stanley Sacks of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois,…
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