Legal Opinion
Lawrence Coleman v. Marcus Hardy
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 3, 2012No. 10-1437PublishedCited by 89 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAUER, Circuit Judge.
The petitioner-appellant, Lawrence Coleman, was convicted of murder in Illinois and sentenced to 28 years in prison. Coleman was denied relief in state court and eventually filed a federal habeas petition in district court under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The district court also denied relief; we granted a certificate of appealability. For the following reasons, we affirm the denial of the habeas petition.
I. BACKGROUND
This case arises from a murder that took place on November 30, 1998. Early that morning, a group of men affiliated with a gang known as the Renegade Vice Lords…
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