WEIDNER v. THIERET

No. 90-2024.

932 F.2d 626 (1991)

Randall WEIDNER, Petitioner-Appellant, v. James H. THIERET, Warden, Menard Correctional Facility, and Roland W. Burris, Attorney General of the State of Illinois, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 13, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James S. Whitehead, Erica M. Landsberg, Sidley & Austin, Chicago, Ill., for petitioner-appellant.

Terence M. Madsen, Jack Donatelli, Asst. Attys. Gen., Crim. Appeals Div., Chicago, Ill., for respondents-appellees.

Before FLAUM, EASTERBROOK, and MANION, Circuit Judges.


FLAUM, Circuit Judge.

Randall Weidner, a state prisoner, seeks a writ of habeas corpus based on the admission at his criminal trial of what he claims was an involuntary confession. In a prior opinion, this Court remanded Weidner's petition to the district court with instructions relating to the gathering of evidence concerning the state trial court's ruling that Weidner's confession was voluntary. After complying with these instructions, the district court again denied...

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