District court’s denial of defendant’s petition for habeas relief from a conviction for the first-degree murder of a four-month-old infant and sentence to 60 years in prison is affirmed as the record does not support defendant’s contention that state courts unreasonably applied clearly established federal law in rejecting his claims.
Read Ellison v. Acevedo, No. 08-2977
Appellate Information
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division
Decided January 28, 2010
Judges
Before: Kanne, and Tinder, Circuit Judges, and Griesbach
Opinion by District Judge Griesbach
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