Legal Opinion
Morgan v. Chandler
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 11, 2010No. 09-2618Published
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
Cornell Morgan was convicted by an Illinois jury of attempted first degree murder, 720 III. Comp. Stat. § 5/9-1, and aggravated battery with a firearm, 720 III. Comp. Stat. § 5/12-3, and sentenced to 22 years’ imprisonment. After exhausting his state-court remedies, Morgan petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus, see 28 U.S.C. § 2254, claiming that the state trial court violated his right to due process by failing to conduct a competency hearing and, re-latedly, that his trial counsel was ineffective for failing to investigate whether he was fit to stand trial. The district court denied…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Pate v. RobinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Drope v. MissouriSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Godinez v. MoranSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
- People v. EddmondsIllinois Supreme Court · 1991
- Terry L. Harris v. Eugene McAdory WardenCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2003
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