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GILBERT v. MERCHANT

No. 05-3571.

488 F.3d 780 (2007)

Alex GILBERT, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Jay M. MERCHANT, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 8, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas K. McQueen, Anne W. Mitchell (argued), Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal, Chicago, IL, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Anderson M. Gansner (argued), Office of the Attorney General, Chicago, IL, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before BAUER, CUDAHY, and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.

ROVNER, Circuit Judge.

At the age of fifteen, Alex Gilbert pleaded guilty to first degree murder in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, and was ordered to serve a prison term of thirty years. After exhausting his state-court remedies, Gilbert filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, contending that his trial counsel was ineffective in failing to seek the suppression of his post-arrest statement, which acknowledged his...

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