Garcia v. Dart

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION Juan Garcia, Petitioner, No. 22 CV 1958 v. Judge Lindsay C. Jenkins Tom Dart, Respondent. MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER Juan Garcia, an inmate at the Cook County Jail, brings a petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, challenging his convictions for first- degree murder and first-degree attempted murder. [Dkt. 1, 8.] For the following reasons, the petition is denied. I. Background A. Conviction and Underlying Facts A jury convicted Garcia and his co-defendant Justin Chapman of one…