Legal Opinion
Leonard Hinton v. Alan M. Uchtman
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 22, 2005No. 02-2729PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFEY, Circuit Judge.
On September 13, 1985, Leonard Hinton was convicted of murdering John Durham, Dorothy McDaniel, and Edward Bradley and sentenced to life in prison. The Illinois Appellate Court, on direct appeal, upheld Hinton’s conviction on three counts of murder. Hinton responded with the filing of a pro se post-conviction petition in the circuit court alleging a laundry list of constitutional violations, which was denied and affirmed by the Appellate Court of Illinois. Thereafter, Hinton filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in federal court alleging that the police obtained…
2Cases cited28 opinions
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3Cited by18 opinions
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