EDWARDS v. RYKER

No. 06 C 4271.

520 F.Supp.2d 941 (2007)

Duane EDWARDS, Petitioner, v. Lee RYKER, Respondent.

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

April 25, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Duane Edwards, Sumner, IL, Pro se.

Leah C. Myers, Chief of Criminal Appeals, Illinois Attorney General's Office, Chicago, IL, for Respondent.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

ELAINE E. BUCKLO, District Judge.

Duane Edwards has brought a petition pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 for a writ of habeas corpus. Edwards is currently in the custody of the State of Illinois Department of Corrections, incarcerated at the Lawrence Correctional Center. For the reasons stated herein, I deny his petition.

I.

In 2000, petitioner was convicted by a jury of home invasion, unlawful restraint...

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