United States Ex Rel. Aleman v. Sternes

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

CONLON, District Judge.

Petitioner Harry Aleman seeks a writ of habeas corpus to vacate his murder conviction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

On September 27, 1972, Billy Logan was murdered on West Walton Street in Chicago, Illinois. In December 1976, Aleman was charged with Logan’s murder in the Circuit Court of Cook. County. Following a bench trial before Judge Frank Wilson in May 1977, Aleman was acquitted. Several years later, federal investigators uncovered evidence that Judge Wilson accepted a $10,000 bribe to acquit Aleman. In February 1990,…