Legal Opinion
Anthony Bolton v. Kevwe Akpore
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 12, 2013No. 10-3150PublishedCited by 109 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROVNER, Circuit Judge.
Anthony Bolton was convicted of first degree murder following a bench trial in the State of Illinois in 1997. He now appeals from the denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. See 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Because he did not preserve in the district court the issue he now raises on appeal, and because he did not raise the issue he now asserts through a complete round of state court review, we affirm the judgment of the district court denying the writ.
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Factual determinations by state courts are presumed to be correct in federal habeas corpus proceedings, and the…
2Cases cited27 opinions
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- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Williams v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- United States v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
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