Legal Opinion
Simmons v. Atchison
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided July 23, 2012No. 11 C 3596PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
ELAINE E. BUCKLO, District Judge.
Michael Simmons (“Simmons”) was convicted of murder in the 2001 shooting death of Kurt Landrum, who was killed during a robbery at his home. On May 2, 2011, Simmons, who is serving a 50-year sentence for murder, filed a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus. Respondent1 initially filed a motion to dismiss the petition as time-barred, but, realizing this presented a difficult question of law, subsequently moved to answer the petition to address its merits as well as the timeliness of the *991petition. For the reasons set forth below,…
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