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MASON v. DUCKWORTH

No. 95-1710.

74 F.3d 815 (1996)

John C. MASON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Jack R. DUCKWORTH, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 24, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James H. Voyles, Symmes, Voyles, Zann, Paul & Hogan, Indianapolis, IN and Mark C. Webb (argued), Indianapolis, IN, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Randall Koester (argued), Office of the Attorney General, Indianapolis, IN, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before MANION, ROVNER, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.

TERENCE T. EVANS, Circuit Judge.

One should never underestimate the importance of good timing. Had John Mason's ex-wife Patricia been murdered after September 27, 1991, rather than in the fall of 1985, his chances of being a free man today — instead of a guest of the State of Indiana at one of its penal institutions — would be appreciably better. But Mason's timing was bad, as we'll explain in this decision affirming the denial of his federal habeas...

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