ARAUJO v. CHANDLER

No. 05-1174.

435 F.3d 678 (2005)

Rolando ARAUJO, Jr., Petitioner-Appellant, v. Nedra CHANDLER, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 16, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joel T. Pelz, Kristopher R. Kiel (argued), Jenner & Block, Chicago, IL, for Petitioner-Appellant.

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

Before BAUER, MANION, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.


TERENCE T. EVANS, Circuit Judge.

In 1991, a jury sitting in the Circuit Court of Cook County convicted Rolando Araujo of the 1988 murder of Mario Rodriguez. On January 20, 2004, Araujo petitioned for the first time for the issuance of a writ of habeas corpus, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254.1 Given the dates we just set out, it is not surprising that the primary issue before us in this appeal from the district court's denial of his petition...

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