ALBANESE v. McGINNIS

No. 90 C 1556.

823 F.Supp. 521 (1993)

Charles ALBANESE, Petitioner, v. Kenneth McGINNIS, Director of the Illinois Department of Corrections; and James Greer, Warden, Menard Correctional Center, Respondents.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, E.D.

May 28, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Steven Beckett, Beckett, Crewell & Kelso, P.C., Urbana, IL, for plaintiff.

Terence Madsen, Illinois Atty. General's Office, Chicago, IL, for defendants.

Bruce H. Bornstein, Alan Michael Freedman, Freedman & Bornstein, Chicago, IL, for Andrew Kokoraleis, amicus.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

BRIAN BARNETT DUFF, District Judge.

Petitioner Charles Albanese was convicted in separate trials of the murders of his father, mother-in-law, grandmother-in-law, and the attempted murder of his brother. He was sentenced to death in both proceedings. Albanese seeks habeas corpus relief pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 ("§ 2254") and asks this court to review the constitutionality of his convictions and sentences. For the reasons...

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