Legal Opinion
Malone v. Walls
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 18, 2008No. 06-3235PublishedCited by 69 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.
Donchii Malone was convicted of two counts of first degree murder in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois. After challenging his conviction in the state courts of Illinois, Mr. Malone filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. The district court dismissed Mr. Malone’s petition but granted him a certificate of appealability. For the reasons set forth in the following opinion, we reverse the judgment of the district court and remand for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.
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