COLEMAN v. O'LEARY

No. 86-1433.

845 F.2d 696 (1988)

Samuel Houston COLEMAN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Michael O'LEARY, Warden, Stateville Correctional Center, and Attorney General of Illinois, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 25, 1988.

As Amended April 27, 1988.

Rehearing Denied July 8, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank P. Tighe, III, Arvey, Hodes, Costello & Burman, Chicago, Ill., for petitioner-appellant.

Scott Graham, Ill. Asst. Atty. Gen., Chicago, Ill., for respondents-appellees.

Before WOOD, Jr., COFFEY and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges.


COFFEY, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner-appellant Samuel Houston Coleman appeals the district court's denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 on the ground that he failed to preserve a substantive claim of error in state court. We affirm.

I.

After a jury trial in the Circuit Court of Lake County, Illinois, Coleman was convicted of rape and unlawful restraint, and sentenced...

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