Legal Opinion
Walter Montgomery v. James Greer, Warden
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 10, 1992No. 89-2391PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.
In 1981, after a bench trial in the Cook County (Illinois) Circuit Court, Petitioner Walter Montgomery was convicted of rape. In 1988 he filed a petition for writ of habe-as corpus challenging his conviction. The district court denied relief. For the reasons set forth in the following opinion, we affirm the judgment of the district court.
I
BACKGROUND
A. Facts
On November 17, 1976, at approximately 3 a.m., the victim left her apartment in Chicago after a disagreement with her fiance. Shortly afterwards, as she was walking down the street, a man grabbed her from behind. The…
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