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BRITZ v. COWAN

No. 98-3476.

192 F.3d 1101 (1999)

Dewayne C. BRITZ, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Roger D. COWAN, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 4, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard D. Frazier, Metnick, Wise, Cherry & Frazier, Springfield, IL, Joshua Sachs, Sachs & Drake, Morton Grove, IL, for Petitioner-Appellant.

David H. Iskowich (argued), Office of the Attorney General, Criminal Appeals Division, Chicago, IL, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, and KANNE and EVANS, Circuit Judges.

POSNER, Chief Judge.

Dewayne Britz was sentenced to death in an Illinois state court in 1985 for murdering a woman who had given him a ride when his truck broke down. After his conviction and sentence were affirmed and state postconviction relief denied, People v. Britz, 123 Ill.2d 446, 124 Ill.Dec. 15, 528 N.E.2d 703 (Ill.1988), 174 Ill.2d 163, ...

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