Legal Opinion
Santana v. Capra
District Court, S.D. Illinois
Decided January 11, 2018No. 15–cv–1818 (JGK)PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN G. KOELTL, District Judge:
*530The petitioner, Charles Santana, brings this petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. On June 25, 2010, following a joint trial at which the petitioner's brother was also tried, the petitioner was found guilty by a Bronx County jury of one count of first-degree manslaughter but acquitted of second-degree murder. Thereafter, the petitioner was sentenced as a second-felony offender to twenty years' imprisonment with five years' post-release supervision.
In this petition, the petitioner argues that he was denied effective assistance of…
2Cases cited33 opinions
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- Rhines v. WeberSupreme Court of the United States · 2005
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