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DEL VECCHIO v. ILLINOIS DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS

Nos. 92-2553, 92-2622.

31 F.3d 1363 (1994)

George DEL VECCHIO, Petitioner-Appellant, Cross-Appellee, v. ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Respondent-Appellee, Cross-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 26, 1993.

Argued February 8, 1994.

Decided July 19, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew F. Kennelly (argued), Margaret L. Paris, Cotsirilos, Stephenson, Tighe & Streicker, Chicago, IL, for George Del Vecchio.

Arleen C. Anderson, Asst. Atty. Gen. (argued), Terence M. Madsen, Asst. Atty. Gen., Office of the Atty. Gen., Criminal Appeals Div., Sara Dillery Hynes, Renne G. Goldfarb, Cook County State's Atty., Civil Div., Chicago, IL, for Illinois Department of Corrections.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, and CUMMINGS, BAUER, CUDAHY, COFFEY, EASTERBROOK, RIPPLE, MANION, KANNE, and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.

Argued En Banc February 8, 1994.

MANION, Circuit Judge, joined by POSNER, BAUER, COFFEY, EASTERBROOK, and KANNE.

An Illinois state court sentenced George Del Vecchio to death after convicting him of murdering a six-year-old boy. He filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus in the district court, claiming that the proceedings leading to his death sentence were constitutionally deficient. The district court denied all of Del Vecchio's constitutional claims...

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