Legal Opinion
United States of America Ex Rel. Nathaniel Simmons v. Richard Gramley
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 9, 1990No. 89-2404PublishedCited by 118 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GRANT, Senior District Judge.
Petitioner Nathaniel Simmons appeals from the district court’s denial of his petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. We affirm.
I. Background
On November 20, 1979, following a jury trial in Cook County Circuit Court, Simmons was convicted of murder, aggravated battery, and armed violence. 1 There was no doubt that Simmons had shot both his common-law wife Ethel Purnell and her daughter Octavia; the dispositive issue at trial was the intentional nature of the shooting. During the trial two explanations by Simmons were presented to the jury.…
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3Cited by118 opinions
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