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FRANKLIN v. GILMORE

No. 98-2338.

188 F.3d 877 (1999)

William FRANKLIN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Jerry D. GILMORE, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 18, 1999.

Rehearing Denied September 22, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joshua Sachs (argued), Sachs & Drake, Morton Grove, IL; Larry Carlson (argued), Chicago, IL, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Deborah L. Ahlstrand, Office of the Attorney General, Civil Appeals Division, Chicago, IL; Renee G. Goldfarb, William D. Carroll (argued), Office of the State's Attorney of Cook County, Criminal Appeals Division, Chicago, IL, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before BAUER, EASTERBROOK, and KANNE, Circuit Judges.

BAUER, Circuit Judge.

An Illinois jury convicted William Franklin for the murder of Elgin Evans. That same jury found Franklin eligible for the death penalty and sentenced him to death after concluding that there were no mitigating factors sufficient to preclude a sentence of death. Franklin unsuccessfully challenged that conviction on appeal to the Illinois Supreme Court. He then filed a petition for collateral relief under the Illinois Post Conviction Hearing Act...

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