CUNNINGHAM v. PETERS

No. 90-1858.

941 F.2d 535 (1991)

Bennie CUNNINGHAM, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Howard A. PETERS, III, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 21, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Peters (argued) Chicago, Ill., for petitioner-appellant.

Richard S. London, (argued), Terence M. Madsen, Asst. Attys. Gen., Crim. Appeals Div., Chicago, Ill., for respondent-appellee.

Before COFFEY, EASTERBROOK and KANNE, Circuit Judges.


KANNE, Circuit Judge.

Bennie Cunningham appeals from the denial of his petition for habeas corpus. He raises only one issue: whether a state trial court violated his constitutional right to a fair trial when it barred testimony that another person had confessed to the charges facing him. We affirm the refusal of the district court to issue the writ.

BACKGROUND

Kahlil Matariyeh and his wife Suhalia operated a food and liquor store called Tina's on...

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