ASHBURN v. KORTE

No. 12-3365.

761 F.3d 741 (2014)

John ASHBURN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Jeff KORTE, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 1, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lauren Fraid , Attorney, Winston & Strawn LLP, New York, NY, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Gopi Kashyap , Attorney, Office of the Attorney General, Chicago, IL, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before WOOD, Chief Judge, and MANION and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.


MANION, Circuit Judge.

John Ashburn was convicted in Illinois state court of the first degree murder of Rick Muckenstrum. After appealing his conviction and filing a collateral challenge in Illinois state court, Ashburn filed a habeas corpus petition in federal district court. The district court denied Ashburn's petition for habeas relief but certified six issues for appeal. Ashburn now appeals, presenting four of those issues: whether Ashburn's constitutional right...

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