Legal Opinion
Robert Simpson v. Deirdre Battaglia, Warden, 1
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 11, 2006No. 04-3044PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KANNE, Circuit Judge.
Proceeding pro se, Robert Simpson was convicted by an Illinois jury of first degree murder and armed robbery and sentenced to death. Simpson’s sentence was later commuted to natural life imprisonment without the possibility of parole by former Illinois Governor George Ryan. After exhausting his appeals and collateral remedies at the state level, Simpson filed a petition for habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The district court denied the petition on all the grounds Simpson alleged. On appeal Simpson primarily takes issue with his waiver of counsel and the performance…
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