Legal Opinion
Gray v. Pfister
District Court, C.D. Illinois
Decided December 5, 2013No. Case No. 13-CV-1040PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MICHAEL P. McCUSKEY, U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE
On January 24, 2013, Petitioner Kenneth Gray filed this Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus By a Person in State Custody Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (# 1). Respondent, Randy Pfister, Acting Warden of Pontiac Correctional Center, filed his Answer and Affirmative Defenses (# 9) on May 9, 2013. For the following reasons, Petitioner’s Petition (# 1) is DENIED.
BACKGROUND
In October 2006, a jury convicted Petitioner in Illinois state court of first degree murder (720 ILCS 5/9-l(a)(l) (2004)) of his wife Kimberly Gray. In March 2007, the trial court…
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