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SIMPSON v. BATTAGLIA

No. 04-3044.

458 F.3d 585 (2006)

Robert SIMPSON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Deirdre BATTAGLIA, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 11, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry Levenstam, Laura E. Pelanek, David E. Walters (argued), Jenner & Block, Chicago, IL, for Petitioner-Appellant.

David H. Iskowich, Claire E. Labbe (argued), Office of the Attorney General, Chicago, IL, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before POSNER, RIPPLE, and KANNE, Circuit Judges.

KANNE, Circuit Judge.

Proceeding pro se, Robert Simpson was convicted by an Illinois jury of first degree murder and armed robbery and sentenced to death. Simpson's sentence was later commuted to natural life imprisonment without the possibility of parole by former Illinois Governor George Ryan. After exhausting his appeals and collateral remedies at the state level, Simpson filed a petition for habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The district court denied...

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