Legal Opinion
Sturgeon v. Chandler
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 13, 2009No. 06-3934PublishedCited by 73 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SYKES, Circuit Judge.
Gregory Sturgeon pleaded guilty to aggravated sexual assault and was sentenced to 45 years in prison. He unsuccessfully pursued a motion to withdraw his guilty plea, a direct appeal, and a full round of postconviction proceedings in Illinois state court, and then filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, claiming violations of his Fourteenth Amendment right to due process and his Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of trial and appellate counsel. His claims center on the question of his entitlement to a hearing on the issue of his…
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