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CARSON v. PETERS

No. 94-1817.

42 F.3d 384 (1994)

William CARSON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Howard A. PETERS, III, Director of the Illinois Department of Corrections, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 7, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James N. Perlman, Office of Cook County Public Defender, Chicago, IL (argued), for petitioner-appellant.

Terence M. Madsen, Asst. Atty. Gen., Michael A. Hurst (argued), Office of Atty. Gen., Crim. Appeals Div., Chicago, IL, for respondent-appellee.

Before CUDAHY, EASTERBROOK, and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.

EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

A jury convicted William Carson of murder for his role in the assassination of Terrence Jones, a member of a rival gang. Jones was slain by a bullet from a high-powered rifle of a kind later found in William's possession. An eyewitness testified that the shots were fired from a particular window; the witness saw a rifle (with telescopic sight) and two men, one wearing a white cap. Police learned that the window opened into the bedroom of...

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