U.S. EX REL. SIMMONS v. GRAMLEY

No. 89-2404.

915 F.2d 1128 (1990)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Nathaniel SIMMONS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Richard GRAMLEY, et al., Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 9, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Janon E. Fabiano and Anthony R. Fabiano, Rockford, Ill., for petitioner-appellant.

David E. Bindi, Asst. Atty. Gen., Office of the Atty. Gen., and Thomas L. Ciecko, Deputy Atty. Gen., Office of the Atty. Gen., Crim. Appeals Div., Chicago, Ill., for respondents-appellees.

Before CUMMINGS and MANION, Circuit Judges, and GRANT, Senior District Judge.


GRANT, Senior District Judge.

Petitioner Nathaniel Simmons appeals from the district court's denial of his petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. We affirm.

I. Background

On November 20, 1979, following a jury trial in Cook County Circuit Court, Simmons was convicted of murder, aggravated battery, and armed violence.1 There was no doubt...

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