Alejandro Ruvalcaba v. Nedra Chandler, Warden

RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.

An Illinois jury convicted Alejandro Ru-valcaba of the first degree murder and attempted murder of rival gang members. He unsuccessfully appealed to the Appellate Court of Illinois. The Supreme Court of Illinois later denied review. He then timely filed a petition for federal habeas relief. See 28 U.S.C. § 2254. In that petition, he asserted, among other matters, that his confession was involuntary and that he had been unduly prejudiced by prosecutorial misconduct. The district court denied his petition on the ground that the state court’s decision was neither contrary…