Legal Opinion
Vincent Brumley v. George E. Detella, Warden of Stateville Correctional Center
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 7, 1996No. 95-2612PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.
On June 13, 1986, Allen Cypin was kidnapped and taken by gunpoint to a currency exchange where he was forced to cash a check. Despite his pleas, he then was killed by a gunshot to the head. Four years later, Vincent Brumley was convicted in Cook County Circuit Court of the murder, armed robbery and aggravated kidnapping of Allen Cypin. After unsuccessful direct appeals in the Illinois state courts, Mr. Brum-ley filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. On June 23, 1995, the…
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