Legal Opinion
Adrian Hennon v. Keith Cooper, Warden, Joliet Correctional Center
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 14, 1997No. 96-1123PublishedCited by 205 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Chief Judge.
Adrian Hennon was convicted in an Illinois state court in 1989 of first-degree murder and related crimes and was sentenced to 40 years in prison. After exhausting his state remedies, see People v. Hennon, 228 Ill. App.3d 759, 170 Ill.Dec. 698, 593 N.E.2d 587, app. denied, 146 Ill.2d 638, 176 Ill.Dec. 809, 602 N.E.2d 463 (1992), he sought habeas corpus in federal district court, lost, and appeals, complaining primarily about the prosecutor’s closing argument to the jury.
Gunshots from a passing automobile (a Chevrolet Nova) owned by Hennon lolled a young boy named Abdullah…
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