Legal Opinion
United States Ex Rel. Kyles v. O'LEARY
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided July 17, 1986No. 85 C 5599PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
ASPEN, District Judge:
Petitioner Cornett Kyles, a black man, was convicted by a jury in Illinois state court for the murder of Carol Jewell, a white woman who was his common law wife, and is now serving a fifty year prison sentence. An Illinois appellate court affirmed his conviction in an unpublished order, People v. Kyles, 125 Ill.App.3d 1162, 89 Ill.Dec. 810, 481 N.E.2d 361 (1st Dist.1984), and after being denied leave to appeal to the Illinois Supreme Court, Kyles petitioned this Court for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (1982). Kyles states…
2Cases cited26 opinions
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- Taylor v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
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3Cited by11 opinions
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