WILSON v. FIRKUS

No. 06cv00199.

457 F.Supp.2d 865 (2006)

Robert WILSON, Petitioner, v. Greg FIRKUS, Acting Warden, Logan Correctional Center, Respondent.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division.

October 20, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Karen L. Daniel, Jane E. Raley, Northwestern University School Of Law, Chicago, IL, for Petitioner.

Colleen M. Griffin, Chief of Criminal Appeals, Illinois Attorney General's Office, Chicago, IL, for Respondent.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

CASTILLO, District Judge.

Illinois prisoner Robert Wilson ("Petitioner") is serving a 30-year sentence for first degree attempted murder. (R. 1, Pet. for Writ of Hab. Corp. at 1.) He has filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 claiming that was denied his right to present a defense under the Sixth Amendment when the state court excluded evidence that someone else committed the crime...

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