Legal Opinion
United States Ex Rel. Novak v. Grankey
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided January 11, 1995No. 94 C 6392PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
SHADUR, Senior District Judge.
Christopher Novak (“Novak”), acting through counsel, has filed a 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (“Section 2254”) Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (the “Petition”), seeking to overturn the murder conviction on which he is now serving a 32-year prison term. Because the Petition survived the initial scrutiny called for by Rule 4 of the Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases in the United States District Courts (“Section 2254 Rules”), this Court ordered a response from the Illinois Attorney General’s office. At this point the issues have been fully…
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