STEWART v. LANE

No. 93-2586.

60 F.3d 296 (1995)

Raymond Lee STEWART, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Michael LANE, Director, Illinois Department of Corrections; and Howard Peters, Warden, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 13, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joshua Sachs, Chicago, IL (argued), for Raymond L. Stewart.

Rita M. Novak, Office of Atty. Gen., Chicago, IL, Steven J. Zick (argued), Office of Atty. Gen., Crim. Appeals Div., Chicago, IL, for Michael P. Lane.

Rita M. Novak, Office of Atty. Gen., Chicago, IL, for Howard A. Peters, III.

Before COFFEY, FLAUM, and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges.


FLAUM, Circuit Judge.

In 1981, Raymond Lee Stewart was convicted and sentenced to death in two separate trials for three murders. After unsuccessfully appealing his convictions and death sentences in Illinois courts, Stewart filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The district court denied Stewart's petition. We now affirm.

I.

Raymond Lee Stewart was convicted and sentenced to death for the murders of Willie...

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