Legal Opinion
Johnson v. Cowan
District Court, C.D. Illinois
Decided June 21, 2002No. 00-2171Published
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
McCUSKEY, District Judge.
Petitioner, Arthur L. Johnson, pursuant to the Illinois Habitual Criminal Act, 720 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5/33B-1 (2002), is serving a term of life imprisonment' at the Menard Correctional Center after his third conviction of armed robbery in August 1985. On July 3, 2000 he filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (2002) (# 1) and a memorandum in support of the petition (# 6) challenging both his third conviction of armed robbery and the constitutionality of the Habitual Criminal Act.
Respondent Roger Cowan filed his answer (# 13) and supporting…
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