Legal Opinion
Charles Mason v. Richard B. Gramley, Warden, Pontiac Correctional Center
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 1, 1993No. 92-2789PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, Circuit Judge.
A jury found Charles Mason guilty of first degree murder and attempted first degree murder, and an Illinois trial court then sentenced Mason to eighty years in prison on the first degree murder conviction and to a concurrent thirty-year term on the attempted first degree murder conviction. The Illinois Appellate Court affirmed Mason’s convictions, and the Illinois Supreme Court denied Mason’s petition for leave to appeal. Mason then filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The district court denied the petition, and we…
2Cases cited26 opinions
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- Mullaney v. WilburSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Patterson v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
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3Cited by28 opinions
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