United States Ex Rel. Jamison v. Barnett

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

ALESIA, District Judge.

Before the court is petitioner Cedric Jami-son’s petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. For the following reasons, Jamison’s petition is denied.

I. BACKGROUND

Following a jury trial in Illinois state court, petitioner Cedric Jamison was convicted of attempted murder and armed robbery. He was sentenced to a term of imprisonment of seventeen years on the armed robbery conviction and twenty-five years on the attempted murder conviction. Both terms of imprisonment were to run concurrently.

Jamison appealed, arguing that the…