United States Ex Rel. Willhite v. Walls

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

ALESIA, District Judge.

On January 9, 2003, the court granted in part and denied in part respondent’s motion to dismiss. United States ex rel. Willhite v. Walls, 241 F.Supp.2d 882 (N.D.Ill. 2003). Currently before the court is petitioner’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus. For the reasons set forth below, the court denies petitioner’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus.

I. BACKGROUND

On January 9,1998, a jury in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois convicted petitioner Pierre Willhite (“Willhite”) of first-degree murder. As a result, Willhite was sentenced…