Cook v. Williams

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION United States of America ex rel. ) RORY COOK, ) ) Petitioner, ) ) vs. ) Case No. 14 C 5830 ) MARK WILLIAMS, Warden, ) ) Respondent. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER MATTHEW F. KENNELLY, District Judge: After a jury trial in the Circuit Court of Cook County held in 2000, Rory Cook was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to a thirty-year prison term. Cook's conviction and sentence were upheld on appeal. See People v. Cook, 352 Ill. App. 3d 108,

815 N.E.2d 879

(2004). In 2014, Cook filed a petition…