U.S. EX REL. CHEARS v. ACEVEDO

No. 06 C 2118.

752 F.Supp.2d 879 (2010)

UNITED STATES ex. rel. Lealton CHEARS, Petitioner, v. Gerardo ACEVEDO, Warden, Hill Correctional Center, Respondent.

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

November 23, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan D. Goldberg , Deborah Jane Israel , Jennifer Lynn Bontrager , Office of the State Appellate Defender, Chicago, IL, for Petitioner.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

RUBEN CASTILLO, District Judge.

Illinois prisoner Lealton Chears ("Chears") is serving a thirty-year extended-term sentence for second-degree murder. (R. 29, State Ct. R., Ex. I at 39.) Presently before the Court is Chears' amended petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 ("Section 2254"), which challenges the sentence imposed by a state court. (R. 16, Am. Pet.) For the reasons stated below...

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