Justice RIZZI delivered the opinion of the court:
Following a jury trial in 1980, defendant, Frank C. Alerte, Jr., was convicted of murder and sentenced to 30 years imprisonment in the Illinois Department of Corrections. (Ill.Rev.Stat.1979, ch. 38, par. 8-4. Defendant's conviction was affirmed on appeal. After defendant exhausted his State court remedies, he petitioned the United States District Court for a writ of habeas corpus. The district court granted...
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