Miranda, Brian v. Leibach, Blair

In the United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit ____________ No. 02-3452 BRIAN MIRANDA, Petitioner-Appellant, v. BLAIR J. LEIBACH, Respondent-Appellee. ____________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois. No. 01 C 2024—Michael P. McCuskey, Chief Judge. ____________ ARGUED FEBRUARY 10, 2004—DECIDED JANUARY 20, 2005 ____________ Before RIPPLE, ROVNER, and WOOD, Circuit Judges. ROVNER, Circuit Judge. A jury convicted Brian Miranda of first-degree murder, and the trial court sentenced him to serve 30 years in prison. After exhausting his…