Legal Opinion
Curtis v. Montgomery
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 8, 2009No. 07-3737PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAUER, Circuit Judge.
An Illinois jury found James Curtis guilty of aggravated stalking, telephone harassment, and violating an order of protection. After exhausting his state remedies, Curtis filed a pro se petition for a writ of habeas corpus, 28 U.S.C. § 2254, in the federal district court arguing, among other things, that the prosecution failed to prove all of the elements of aggravated stalking beyond a reasonable doubt. The district court denied his petition, but we granted a certificate of appealability.
Curtis dated Deborah Chester for more than three years; during that time the couple…
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