Rice v. Roberson

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION DUANE RICE, ) ) Petitioner, ) ) No. 13 C 2824 v. ) ) Judge Sara L. Ellis JASON GARNETT, Chief of Parole,1 ) ) Respondent. ) OPINION AND ORDER Petitioner Duane Rice, who is currently on parole,2 is serving a ten-year sentence for being an armed habitual offender. Rice has petitioned this Court for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, arguing that the evidence was insufficient to convict him of being an armed habitual offender and that his trial and appellate counsel were ineffective for failing to argue this…