Logan v. Chandler

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION United States of America ex rel. ) LEONARD LOGAN, ) ) Petitioner, ) ) vs. ) Case No. 12 C 6170 ) TARRY WILLIAMS,1 Warden, ) Dixon Correctional Center, ) ) Respondent. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER MATTHEW F. KENNELLY, District Judge: After a jury trial in the Circuit Court of Cook County held in 2000, Leonard Logan was convicted of first-degree murder and was sentenced to a forty-five-year prison term. Logan filed a post-trial motion, alleging ineffective assistance of counsel because, among other…