JOHNSON v. LOFTUS

No. 06-3463.

518 F.3d 453 (2008)

Earl JOHNSON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Joseph LOFTUS, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 21, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher J. Richart, Mayer Brown LLP, Houston, TX, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Michael M. Glick, Garson S. Fischer, Office of the Attorney General, Chicago, IL, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before BAUER, POSNER, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.


EVANS, Circuit Judge.

Following a jury trial in state court, Earl Johnson was convicted of murder, attempted first degree murder, and aggravated battery with a firearm. He was sentenced to concurrent terms of 45 years for the murder and 30 years each on the other charges. He appealed, and in an unpublished order on July 21, 1997, the Appellate Court of Illinois affirmed the murder and attempted murder convictions but reversed...

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