Todd Saxon v. Jacqueline Lashbrook

BAUER, Circuit Judge.

In 2005, petitioner-appellant Todd Saxon was convicted in Illinois state court of first degree murder, arson, and concealment of homicide. The Illinois Appellate Court affirmed his conviction. After his state court appeals were exhausted, Saxon filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, raising a number of claims, including that the evidence was insufficient to support his conviction. The district court denied the petition. We affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

On March 30, 1995, the remains of a twelve year-old girl, O.W., were found inside a garage that had…