Legal Opinion
Elmer Cartee and Patrick Russell v. Crispus Nix, Warden, and Neil Hartigan, Attorney General of the State of Illinois
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 17, 1986No. 83-3014PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.
Petitioners Elmer Cartee and Patrick Russell appeal from the district court’s grant of summary judgment on their petition for habeas corpus brought under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 challenging their 1975 state robbery conviction. Petitioners raise three issues for review: (1) the denial of their request for an evidentiary hearing; (2) the state trial court’s alleged failure to instruct the jury; and (3) ineffective assistance of trial and appellate counsel. We affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
In 1975, after a joint trial, the petitioners were found guilty of robbery and were…
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