Legal Opinion
Anselm Holman v. Thomas Page, Menard Correctional Center
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 28, 1996No. 95-2758PublishedCited by 74 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANION, Circuit Judge.
Convicted murderer-rapist Anselm Holman petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus alleging his natural life sentence imposed under Illinois law was constitutionally improper and that he was denied the right to effective assistance of appellate counsel. The district court denied the petition. Holman appeals. We affirm.
I
On the night of May 11,1984, 75-year-old Mary Brackenridge lay asleep on her couch next to her seven-year-old adopted son, Ricky Brown. Outside, Anselm Holman, 17, and Richie Cole, 16, were sizing up Mary’s house. They knocked on the front door, but Mary,…
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