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Byrd v. Kennedy

District Court, N.D. Illinois

Decided April 20, 2020No. 3:19-cv-50184Unknown

1Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS WESTERN DIVISION FRANKLIN T. BYRD, Petitioner, No. 19 C 50184 v. Judge Thomas M. Durkin TERI KENNEDY, Warden of the Pontiac Correctional Center, Respondent. MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER An Illinois state court jury found Franklin Byrd guilty of murder and robbery. He is serving an 86-year sentence at the Pontiac Correctional Center in Illinois, in the custody of Warden Teri Kennedy. Byrd, pro se, seeks a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The Warden answered the petition seeking its dismissal. R. 11. Byrd’s…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  2. Gonzalez v. ThalerSupreme Court of the United States · 2012
  3. Harmelin v. MichiganSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  4. Ewing v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
  5. Yeager v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2009

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