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MORALES v. JOHNSON

No. 10-1696.

659 F.3d 588 (2011)

Efrain MORALES, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Yolande JOHNSON, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 20, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ames Cheney Grawert (argued), Attorney, Mayer Brown LLP, New York, NY, for Petitioner-Appellant.

David H. Iskowich (argued), Attorney, Office of the Attorney General, Criminal Appeals Division, Chicago, IL, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and RIPPLE and TINDER, Circuit Judges.

TINDER, Circuit Judge.

Efrain Morales was convicted by a jury in Illinois state court of one count of first-degree murder and two counts of attempted murder. His cumulative sentence was ninety years in prison. Morales filed two post-conviction petitions in Illinois state courts, but obtained no relief. He filed a federal habeas corpus petition pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, claiming, inter alia, that he was deprived of his constitutional right to effective...

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