Legal Opinion
Hodges v. Haws
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided February 21, 1997No. 96 C 3264PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
BUCKLO, District Judge.
Ondra Hodges petitions for writ of habeas corpus. For the following reasons, the petition is denied.
Background
Following a bench trial, Mr. Hodges was convicted of residential burglary and was sentenced to 20 years of imprisonment. The petitioner appealed his conviction. The Ilb-nois Appebate Court affirmed on August 26, 1993. Mr. Hodges did not appeal this affir-mance to the Ilbnois Supreme Court.
Subsequently, proceeding pro se, Mr. Hodges filed a post-conviction petition. The trial court dismissed. Mr. Hodges appealed the dismissal, but the…
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