Legal Opinion

United States Ex Rel. Raygoza v. Bohler

District Court, N.D. Illinois

Decided March 23, 2005No. 03 C 1727Published

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,…

2Cases cited28 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Williams v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
  3. Coleman v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  4. Schlup v. DeloSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
  5. O'Sullivan v. BoerckelSupreme Court of the United States · 1999

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