United States Ex Rel. Bonner v. Warden, Stateville Correctional Center

MEMORANDUM DECISION

MARSHALL, District Judge.

Respondent moved to dismiss this petition for a writ of habeas corpus because petitioner failed to exhaust his state court remedies under 28 U.S.C. § 2254(b). For the following reasons, respondent’s motion is granted.

Petitioner, Alonzo Bonner, was convicted of murder and his conviction was affirmed on appeal. People v. Bonner, 12 Ill.App.3d 245, 298 N.E.2d 221 (1st Dist. 1973) (abstract). Bonner was represented by an as sistant from the Public Defender’s Office of Cook County at trial and by a different assistant from the same office on appeal. The…