TENNER v. GILMORE

No. 98-3814.

184 F.3d 608 (1999)

James TENNER, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Jerry GILMORE, Warden, Pontiac Correctional Center, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 9, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert H. Farley, Jr., Naperville, IL, Stephen E. Eberhardt (argued), Tinley Park, IL, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Deborah L. Ahlstrand, Office of Attorney General, Civil Appeals Division, Judy L. DeAngelis, Cook County State's Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before EASTERBROOK, RIPPLE, and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.


EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

Convicted of two capital murders and sentenced to death, James Tenner seeks a writ of habeas corpus. Believing that his former business partner Albert Sauls had alienated the affections of his former girl-friend Shirley Garza, Tenner planned and carried out an execution. Sauls and Tenner operated trucking businesses from the same building in South Chicago Heights. In his space Tenner set up three...

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