Marilyn Mulero v. Sheryl Thompson

MANION, Circuit Judge.

Marilyn Mulero was charged in Illinois with four counts of murder, two counts of conspiracy to commit murder, and one count of unlawful use of a firearm by a felon. She entered a blind plea of guilty and the counts were then merged, resulting in a state trial court entering judgment against Mulero on two counts of intentional murder. Mulero was eventually sentenced to life imprisonment — the mandatory minimum sentence for a double homicide. After exhausting her state court remedies, Mulero filed a petition for habeas relief in the district court, alleging her trial…