VEAL v. COOPER

No. 95 C 7270.

936 F.Supp. 511 (1996)

Johnnie VEAL, Petitioner, v. Keith COOPER, Respondent.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division.

August 26, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Johnnie Veal, Lincoln, IL, pro se.

Bridget Linda Field, Illinois Attorney General's Office, Chicago, IL, for Keith Cooper.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

ASPEN, Chief Judge:

Johnnie Veal brings this petition — his third — for a writ of habeas corpus, 28 U.S.C. § 2254, arguing that ineffective assistance of counsel justifies vacating his 1971 murder convictions. Veal is currently serving concurrent one hundred-year minimum imprisonment terms in Illinois state prison. For the reasons set forth below, we dismiss...

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