REESE v. PETERS

No. 89-2083.

926 F.2d 668 (1991)

John L. REESE, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Howard PETERS, III, Warden, Pontiac Correctional Center, et al., Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 28, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Reese, pro se.

David E. Bindi and Terence M. Madsen, Asst. Attys. Gen., Office of the Atty. Gen., Chicago, Ill., for respondents-appellees.

Before CUDAHY, EASTERBROOK and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges.


EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

This is the third time John L. Reese has sought federal collateral review of his conviction for armed robbery. Reese was convicted in 1980, and the state's appellate court affirmed in 1981. One petition for habeas corpus was dismissed for failure to exhaust state remedies. After Reese filed another petition, we held in 1986 that the evidence met the constitutional minimum, that the state was entitled to try Reese in a special court for...

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