Legal Opinion
Charles Farrell v. Michael P. Lane, Director of Illinois Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 1, 1991No. 90-2409PublishedCited by 200 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.
In 1982, Charles Farrell and a co-defendant were tried before a Cook County jury and found guilty of murder and armed robbery. The trial court sentenced Farrell to thirty years’ imprisonment. Farrell appeals from the district court’s denial of his petition for writ of habeas corpus. We affirm.
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Farrell appealed his conviction to the Appellate Court of Illinois, raising two issues: (1) that prosecutorial misconduct had deprived him of a fair trial; and (2) that he was not proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. The appellate court affirmed Farrell’s…
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