United States Ex Rel. Hancock v. McEvers

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

BUA, District Judge.

Jackie Hancock (“petitioner”) was charged with armed robbery in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois. After a jury trial, he was found guilty and sentenced to 15 years imprisonment. The Illinois Appellate Court affirmed the conviction. People v. Hancock, 110 Ill.App.3d 953, 443 N.E.2d 226, 66 Ill.Dec. 543 (1st Dist.1982).

After exhausting his state remedies, Hancock filed a petition for a writ of habe-as corpus with this Court claiming that: (1) the trial court erred in denying defense counsel’s motion for a mistrial when the jury began…