Wilson v. GAETZ

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

In 2004, Daniel Wilson was convicted in an Illinois state court of murder while mentally ill, and sentenced to 55 years in prison. After exhausting his state remedies in People v. Wilson, No. 4-07-0359 (Ill.App. Mar. 3, 2008), petition to appeal denied, 228 Ill.2d 552, 321 Ill.Dec. 562, 889 N.E.2d 1122 (2008), he sought federal habeas corpus, was denied relief without an evidentiary hearing (which he had requested), and appeals. He claims to have received ineffective assistance of counsel at his trial, in violation of his federal constitutional rights. He seeks a new…