LEWIS v. STERNES

No. 03-4013.

390 F.3d 1019 (2004)

Peter LEWIS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Jerry STERNES, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 6, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James P. Madigan (Argued), Goldberg, Kohn, Bell, Black, Rosenbloom & Moritz, Chicago, IL, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Colleen M. Griffin (Argued), Office of the Attorney General, Linda Woloshin, Office of the Attorney General, Criminal Appeals Division, Chicago, IL, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before FLAUM, Chief Judge, and KANNE and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.


ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, Circuit Judge.

Peter Lewis filed a petition for a writ of habeas Corpus contending that his Illinois conviction for residential burglary should be vacated based on several alleged constitutional violations. The district court dismissed his petition, concluding that Lewis had procedurally defaulted each of his constitutional claims and that federal review of these claims was therefore barred. We agree and affirm.

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