Legal Opinion
Salvador Toro v. Warden J.W. Fairman and Attorney General of the State of Illinois
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 19, 1991No. 89-3617PublishedCited by 99 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.
Salvador Toro appeals from the judgment of the district court denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. We affirm.
I. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
Toro and three co-defendants were charged in state court with delivery of a controlled substance. In exchange for a plea of guilty, the state prosecutor offered Toro the minimum six-year sentence.' Toro rejected the plea offer on the advice of his public defender. Toro’s case proceeded to trial. The public defender put Toro on the stand and, through an interpreter, elicited a confession,…
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