BARKAUSKAS v. LANE

No. 88-1877.

878 F.2d 1031 (1989)

Edward BARKAUSKAS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Michael P. LANE, Director, Illinois Department of Corrections, and James Fairman, Warden, Joliet Correctional Center, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 11, 1989.

Rehearing Denied September 11, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard F. Faust, Chicago, Ill., for petitioner-appellant.

Sally L. Dilgart, Chicago, Ill., for respondents-appellees.

Before POSNER, RIPPLE and MANION, Circuit Judges.


POSNER, Circuit Judge.

An Illinois jury convicted Edward Barkauskas of murdering his wife, and the judge sentenced him to prison for the rest of his life. After exhausting his state remedies, see People v. Barkauskas, 147 Ill.App.3d 360, 100 Ill.Dec. 821, 497 N.E.2d 1183 (1986), cert. denied by Ill.Sup.Ct., Barkauskas sought federal habeas corpus, which was denied. The question...

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