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MOFFAT v. GILMORE

No. 95-4020.

113 F.3d 698 (1997)

James G. MOFFAT, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Jerry GILMORE, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 8, 1997.

As Amended on Denial of Rehearing June 25, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald Cope (argued), Ancel, Glink, Diamond, Cope & Bush, Chicago, IL, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Rita M. Novak, Office of the Attorney General, Chicago, IL, Steven J. Zick (argued), Office of the Attorney General, Criminal Appeals Division, Chicago, IL, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, and CUDAHY and DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judges.

CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.

The former principal of Chicago's Kelvin Park High School, James G. Moffat, was convicted in 1987 of eight counts of indecent liberties with a child and sixteen counts of official misconduct. The Illinois trial court sentenced Moffat to fifteen years in prison. Moffat now comes before this court seeking a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The district court denied Moffat's petition...

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