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BROWN v. STERNES

No. 01-2326.

304 F.3d 677 (2002)

Johnnie BROWN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Jerry STERNES, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 4, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas F. Geraghty (argued), Northwestern University Legal Clinic, Chicago, IL, for Petitioner-Appellant.

David H. Iskowich (argued), Office of Attorney General, Criminal Appeals Div., Chicago, IL, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before: POSNER, COFFEY and DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judges.

COFFEY, Circuit Judge.

This case is before us on a writ of habeas corpus. In 1991, Petitioner-Appellant Johnnie Brown ("Brown") was arrested, and shortly thereafter convicted after a bench trial of armed robbery and was sentenced to the maximum term of 30 years imprisonment. After exhausting his appeals in the Illinois state court system, Brown petitioned for relief in the federal district court under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, alleging that he had received ineffective...

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