Legal Opinion
United States Ex Rel. Silagy v. Peters
District Court, C.D. Illinois
Decided April 29, 1989No. 88-2390PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FINAL ORDER
BAKER, Chief Judge.
This is a habeas corpus proceeding under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. For the reasons stated in this order, the writ will issue directing that the petitioner be resentenced within 120 days.
BACKGROUND
In the late hours of February 13 and the early hours of February 14, 1980, in Vermilion County, Illinois, two women were brutally beaten and murdered. The petitioner, Charles Silagy, was prosecuted for the murders and convicted. There is no doubt that Silagy killed the two women.
In his voluntary confession to the police, Silagy described what he did to the first victim:
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2Cases cited41 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Faretta v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- North Carolina v. PearceSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Wainwright v. SykesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
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3Cited by33 opinions
- People v. BeanIllinois Supreme Court · 1990
- People v. EylerIllinois Supreme Court · 1989
- Charles Silagy, Cross-Appellant v. Howard Peters, Iii, Warden, Pontiac Correctional Center, Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1990
- People v. BarrowIllinois Supreme Court · 1989
- People v. FranklinIllinois Supreme Court · 1990
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