JACKS v. DUCKWORTH

No. 80-1639.

651 F.2d 480 (1981)

Edward Dennis JACKS, Jr., Petitioner-Appellant, v. Jack R. DUCKWORTH, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 10, 1981.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied August 14, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Julius Echeles, Chicago, Ill., for petitioner-appellant.

David L. Steiner, Deputy Atty. Gen. of Ind., Indianapolis, Ind., for respondent-appellee.

Before SWYGERT and CUMMINGS, Circuit Judges, and BROWN, Senior District Judge.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied August 14, 1981.

CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner Edward Dennis Jacks, Jr. appeals from a denial of his habeas corpus petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner was indicted by an Indiana grand jury in September 1975 for the first-degree murder of his wife, Kathleen B. Jacks, on August 28, 1975. The case was tried to a jury in Indiana state court in November 1976. At trial, petitioner contended that he was not...

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