Legal Opinion
United States Ex Rel. Henderson v. Thieret
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided October 23, 1987No. 84 C 7475PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ZAGEL, District Judge.
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Curtis Henderson, convicted in state court of murder and attempt robbery, seeks a writ of habeas corpus.
The crimes occurred on an October night in 1972. The victim, Charles Hayes, and his wife were shopping in a grocery store. Four youths (Henderson, Allen, Bardney and Davis) entered the store and remained until the Hayeses departed. As the Hayes-es were about to enter their automobile parked nearby, two youths approached them, one of whom was armed with a sawed-off shotgun, and told Mrs. Hayes to get into the car which she did. One youth pointed a shotgun at Mr.…
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- United States v. CronicSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Curtis Henderson v. James Thieret, Warden of the Menard Correctional Center and Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General of the State of IllinoisCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1988
- Frank Smith v. James A. Collins, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional DivisionCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1993
- Samuel D. Mills v. D. Bruce JordanCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1992
- Kenneth Jones v. State of ArkansasCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1991
- State v. WhitmoreNebraska Supreme Court · 1991