Legal Opinion
Wayne K. Lemons v. William D. O'Sullivan
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 21, 1995No. 94-2147PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FAIRCHILD, Circuit Judge.
In 1990, Wayne K. Lemons was convicted of two counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse in the Circuit Court of McLean County, Illinois. Lemons filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The district court denied Lemons’ petition and he appeals. For the reasons set forward below, we affirm.
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Lemons appealed his aggravated sexual abuse conviction to the Appellate Court of Illinois, raising two issues: (1) the evidence was insufficient to support the verdict; and (2) the court’s failure to properly instruct the jury as to the mental state…
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