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FORD v. ISRAEL

No. 82-1453.

701 F.2d 689 (1983)

Jesse James FORD, III, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Thomas ISRAEL, et al., Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 3, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lester A. Pines, Madison, Wis., for petitioner-appellant.

Thomas J. Balistreri, Asst. Atty. Gen., Wisconsin Dept. of Justice, Madison, Wis., for respondents-appellees.

Before WOOD and POSNER, Circuit Judges, and MORAN, District Judge.

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

In 1972 a group of masked men robbed Harold's Club, a restaurant and bar near Madison, Wisconsin, and shot and killed the bartender and a patron. The robbers were caught and in 1973 were tried and convicted in a Wisconsin state court. Among the defendants was Jesse James Ford, III, who was convicted of first-degree murder and armed robbery and sentenced to life imprisonment. After exhausting his state...

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