Legal Opinion
Peter Lewis v. Jerry Sternes
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 6, 2004No. 03-4013PublishedCited by 438 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, Circuit Judge.
Peter Lewis filed a petition for a writ of habeas Corpus contending that his Illinois conviction for residential burglary should be vacated based on several alleged constitutional violations. The district court dismissed his petition, concluding that Lewis had procedurally defaulted each of his constitutional claims and that federal review of these claims was therefore barred. We agree and affirm.
I
According to the State’s evidence, Lewis burglarized the Hyde Park residence of three University of Chicago students in the early morning hours of November 18,…
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