Crockett v. Butler, No. 14-2320 (7th Cir. 2015)
Annotate this CaseAfter a jury trial, Petitioner was convicted of first-degree murder and attempted armed robbery. The Illinois Appellate Court reversed Petitioner’s attempted armed robbery conviction and ordered resentencing on the murder conviction, arguing that the evidence did not support the conviction for attempted armed robbery. Thereafter, Petitioner filed a second appeal challenging his conviction for first-degree murder. The Illinois Appellate Court affirmed Petitioner’s murder conviction, and the Illinois Supreme Court denied further review. Petitioner subsequently filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 2254, claiming that his rights under the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment had been violated and that there was insufficient evidence to sustain his murder conviction. The district court denied relief, concluding that Petitioner procedurally defaulted his claims. The Seventh Circuit affirmed, holding that the district court correctly found that Petitioner procedurally defaulted his claims.
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