Pierre A. Montanez v. John Burle, Warden

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS PEORIA DIVISION PIERRE A. MONTANEZ, Petitioner, v. Case No. 1:21-cv-1293-JEH JOHN BURLE, WARDEN, Respondent. Order and Opinion Before the Court is Petitioner Pierre A. Montanez’s Amended Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus pursuant to

28 U.S.C. § 2254

(Doc. 9). Montanez is currently serving a life imprisonment sentence at Pinckneyville Correctional Center, after he was found guilty in Illinois state court of two counts of first-degree murder, aggravated kidnapping, and aggravated vehicular hijacking. He challenges his convictions,…