Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit July 9, 1997, No. 96-1899 (Johnson v. Washington)

BAUER, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner Terrance Johnson was convicted in Illinois in 1991 for murder and armed robbery, People v. Johnson, 255 Ill.App.3d 547, 193 Ill.Dec. 522, 626 N.E.2d 1073 (1st Dist.1993), appeal denied, 155 Ill.2d 570, 198 Ill.Dec. 548, 633 N.E.2d 10 (1994) (Johnson I), and in 1992 for attempted murder and armed robbery, People v. Johnson, 264 Ill.App.3d 1000, 202 Ill.Dec.