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YANCEY v. GILMORE

No. 96-1977.

113 F.3d 104 (1997)

Thomas YANCEY, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Jerry D. GILMORE, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 7, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ian Brenson (argued), LaGrange, IL, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Steven R. Splitt (argued), Office of the Attorney General, Criminal Appeals Division, Chicago, IL, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before FLAUM, MANION, and KANNE, Circuit Judges.

FLAUM, Circuit Judge.

Thomas Yancey, an Illinois inmate who in 1975 was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to seventy-five to ninety years in prison, appeals the district court's denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. We affirm.

I.

The facts of the case are outlined in Yancey's direct state appeal, People v. Yancey, 57 Ill.App.3d 256, 14 Ill.Dec. 790, 372...

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