Legal Opinion
Adell Jones v. Don Hulick, Acting Warden
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 1, 2006No. 04-2759PublishedCited by 63 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EVANS, Circuit Judge.
Adell Jones appeals from the dismissal of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus.
In 1999, Jones waived his right to a jury trial and, following a bench trial in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, was found guilty of first degree murder and aggravated vehicular hijacking. The trial court found Jones eligible for a death sentence but declined to impose it, opting instead for a sentence of life for the murder plus a concurrent term of 30 years for the hijacking.
The crime was gruesome and frighteningly random. The situation started innocently enough. At 4 a.m.,…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- United States v. CronicSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
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- Clay v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
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