Legal Opinion

David Ticey v. Howard Peters and Rodney Ahitow

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided October 25, 1993No. 92-4022PublishedCited by 39 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BAUER, Circuit Judge.

David Ticey filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The district court granted Ticey’s petition. We reverse.

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In habeas corpus actions, we presume as true the facts found by the state court. Sumner v. Mata, 449 U.S. 539, 101 S.Ct. 764, 66 L.Ed.2d 722 (1981); 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d). We draw the facts, therefore, from the Illinois Appellate Court decision reported as People v. Ticey, 214 Ill.App.3d 1043, 158 Ill. Dec. 697, 574 N.E.2d 810 (1991).

Fifteen-year-old Sherry Johnson lived in Chicago with her mother, her brother David Ticey, and her…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. California v. GreenSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  3. Sumner v. MataSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  4. Thompson v. City of LouisvilleSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
  5. Bridges v. WixonSupreme Court of the United States · 1945

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3Cited by39 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. BrownSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2012
  2. Michael E. Bischel v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1994
  3. Cortez Riggins v. Andrew Walter, Russell Ticer, T. ThomasCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2001
  4. United States v. Gustavo Valdez-Soto, United States of America v. Fabio Gomez-TelloCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1994
  5. People v. ChaviesMichigan Court of Appeals · 1999

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