WILLARD v. PEARSON

No. 84-1893.

823 F.2d 1141 (1987)

Howard R. WILLARD, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Linley PEARSON, Attorney General, Indiana, and Raymond J. Lippman, Warden, United States Penitentiary, Terre Haute, Indiana, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 9, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William C. Erbecker, Indianapolis, Ind., for petitioner-appellant.

Kermit R. Hilles, Deputy Atty. Gen., Indianapolis, Ind., for respondents-appellees.

Before COFFEY and MANION, Circuit Judges, and PARSONS, Senior District Judge.


MANION, Circuit Judge.

An Indiana jury convicted petitioner-appellant, Howard Willard, of eight felonies: conspiracy to commit a felony (first degree burglary); two counts of first degree burglary; two counts of commission of a felony while armed (robbery); first degree murder; conspiracy to commit a felony (arson); and first degree arson. The felony convictions arose from the shooting death of Marjorie Jackson, the theft of large amounts of money from her home, and...

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