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WOODS v. SCHWARTZ

No. 08-1234.

589 F.3d 368 (2009)

Forrest WOODS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Gregory SCHWARTZ, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 9, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elizabeth C. Scott (argued), Winston & Strawn LLP, Chicago, IL, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Michael M. Glick, Attorney, Eric M. Levin (argued), Office of the Attorney General, Chicago, IL, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before POSNER, MANION, and TINDER, Circuit Judges.

MANION, Circuit Judge.

Forrest Woods was convicted in Illinois state court of murdering Omar Wilson and sentenced to forty years' imprisonment. After unsuccessfully appealing his sentence, he filed three state-court petitions for post-conviction relief. All were denied. He then filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The district court denied his petition, holding that all but one issue was...

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