Gunn v. Polley

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION Bennie Gunn, ) ) Petitioner, ) ) Case No. 15 C 6800 v. ) ) Judge John J. Tharp, Jr. Kwame Raoul, ) Attorney General of the State of Illinois,1 ) ) Respondent. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER A jury in the Circuit Court of Cook County found Bennie Gunn guilty of being an armed habitual criminal while acquitting him of unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon. The trial court sentenced Gunn to ten years in prison. State courts on direct appeal and in collateral proceedings upheld his conviction and…