Legal Opinion
Curtis Henderson v. James Thieret, Warden of the Menard Correctional Center and Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General of the State of Illinois
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 10, 1988No. 87-2975PublishedCited by 105 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KANNE, Circuit Judge.
This appeal from the dismissal of Curtis Henderson’s petition for habeas corpus once again thrusts us into the morass of procedural default and waiver.
We hold that a district court may, in considering a § 2255 or § 2254 petition, raise the question of procedural default sua sponte even where the state has failed to raise it. However, the court may not raise and consider procedural default where the state implicitly indicates a desire to waive that defense. Because we reach the merits of Henderson’s habeas corpus and because we find that Henderson has failed to show that…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- United States v. CronicSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Granberry v. GreerSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
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