McGESHICK v. FIEDLER

No. 92-3934.

3 F.3d 1083 (1993)

Robert McGESHICK, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Patrick FIEDLER, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 26, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles B. Vetzner (argued), Office of State Public Defender, Madison, WI, for petitioner-appellant.

David J. Becker, Asst. Atty. Gen. (argued), Office of Atty. Gen., WI Dept. of Justice, Madison, WI, for respondent-appellee.

Before POSNER and FLAUM, Circuit Judges, and WILL, Senior District Judge.


WILL, Senior District Judge.

Robert McGeshick was convicted for three small sales (totalling less than half an ounce) of marijuana in Wisconsin state court for Forest County. He was sentenced to five years probation. The key witness against him at trial was Walter Panick, a government informant who made the purchases. Before trial McGeshick's attorney asked the district attorney to reveal any promises, inducements or threats made to Panick, and was told there were...

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