THOMAS v. GILMORE

No. 97-1854.

144 F.3d 513 (1998)

Walter L. THOMAS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Jerry GILMORE, Warden, Pontiac Correctional Center, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 15, 1998.

Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing Denied June 29, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark Latham (argued), Gardner, Carton & Douglas, Chicago, IL, Marshall J. Hartman, Capital Resource Center, Chicago, IL, Alan M. Freedman, Midwest Center for Justice, Chicago, IL, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Penelope Moutoussamy George (argued), Office of Attorney General, Criminal Appeals Division, Chicago, IL, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, and CUMMINGS and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing En Banc Denied June 29, 1998.

POSNER, Chief Judge.

Walter Thomas was convicted in an Illinois state court in 1987 of murder, burglary, and aggravated arson, and was sentenced to death. After exhausting his state remedies, see People v. Thomas, 137 Ill.2d 500, 148 Ill.Dec. 751, 561 N.E.2d 57 (1990);...

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