GREIDER v. DUCKWORTH

No. 82-1487.

701 F.2d 1228 (1983)

James R. GREIDER, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Jack DUCKWORTH, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 9, 1983.

As Amended March 11, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Karen Plant, Chicago, Ill., for petitioner-appellant.

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

Before BAUER, CUDAHY and POSNER, Circuit Judges.


BAUER, Circuit Judge.

Greider appeals the denial of his petition for writ of habeas corpus, 28 U.S.C. § 2254, challenging the sufficiency of the evidence that he was sane at the time the crime was committed. The district court found that the evidence was sufficient for a rational trier of fact to find beyond a reasonable doubt that Greider was sane at the time of committing the crime. We affirm.

I.

Greider testified that on January 31, 1977...

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