Legal Opinion
Ellison v. Acevedo
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 28, 2010No. 08-2977PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GRIESBACH, District Judge.
On May 5, 1993, a Lake County, Illinois jury found Lorenzo Ellison guilty of first-degree murder in the death of Quincy King, a four-month old infant. He was sentenced to 60 years in prison. After unsuccessfully appealing his conviction and the denial of a subsequent motion for post-conviction relief in the Illinois appellate courts, Ellison filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The district court denied Ellison’s petition but issued a certificate of appealability on several issues, two of which have been briefed for appeal: (1)…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Anders v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Williams v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- United States v. YoungSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Darden v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
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3Cited by35 opinions
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