Legal Opinion
Ivory Davis v. Gayle M. Franzen
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 5, 1982No. 80-2540PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
Ivory Davis was convicted in a state court of Illinois of robbery and murder, and was sentenced to prison. His conviction was affirmed by the Illinois Appellate Court sub nom. People v. Day, 76 Ill.App.3d 571, 32 Ill.Dec. 39, 394 N.E.2d 1378 (1979), and the Illinois Supreme Court denied leave to appeal. Davis then filed a petition for habeas corpus in federal district court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 2241, 2254. The district judge denied the petition without ordering the respondent to show cause why the writ of habeas corpus should not be issued. He was authorized to…
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