Legal Opinion
Maurice Green v. Howard Peters, Iii, Director, Illinois Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 30, 1994No. 92-2856PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FAIRCHILD, Circuit Judge.
Petitioner-appellant Maurice Green (“Green”) was convicted of murder, aggravated criminal sexual assault and unlawful restraint in Illinois state court following a jury trial. Green challenges the murder conviction, contending that instructions given his jury violated his federal due process rights. He appeals from a judgment of the district court denying his petition for a writ of habe-as corpus. We affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
A. Facts1
On June 7, 1985, Green phoned M.H. to ask whether she had any cocaine. When M.H. said she did, Green asked if he could come to her apartment,…
2Cases cited27 opinions
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- In Re WINSHIPSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Kotteakos v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Murray v. CarrierSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Brecht v. AbrahamsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
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3Cited by16 opinions
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