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SPREITZER v. PETERS

Nos. 96-1467, 96-1520.

114 F.3d 1435 (1997)

Edward SPREITZER, Petitioner-Appellee, Cross-Appellant, v. Howard A. PETERS, III, Director, Illinois Department of Corrections and Richard B. Gramley, Warden, Pontiac Correctional Center, Respondents-Appellants, Cross-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 23, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard E. Cunningham (argued), Chicago, IL, Gary Prichard, Glen Ellyn, IL, for Petitioner-Appellee.

Steven J. Zick (argued), Office of the Attorney General, Criminal Appeals Division, Chicago, IL, for Respondents-Appellants in No. 96-1467.

Rita M. Novak, Office of the Attorney General, Chicago, IL, Steven J. Zick (argued), Office of the Attorney General, Criminal Appeals Division, Chicago, IL, for Respondents-Appellees in No. 96-1520.

Before BAUER, COFFEY, and KANNE, Circuit Judges.

BAUER, Circuit Judge.

Edward Spreitzer is a state prisoner who was sentenced to death in 1986. Spreitzer filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois on March 31, 1992. He argued, among other things, that he was denied due process of law when, after the prosecution raised the issue of his future dangerousness at sentencing, the court refused to allow evidence...

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