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BRACY v. SCHOMIG

Nos. 99-4318, 99-4319, 99-4320, 99-4345.

248 F.3d 604 (2001)

William BRACY and Roger Collins, Petitioners-Appellants, Cross-Appellees, v. James SCHOMIG and Roger Cowan, Respondents-Appellees, Cross-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 18, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John L. Stainthorp, People's Law Office, Chicago, IL, Gilbert H. Levy (argued), Seattle, WA, for William Bracy.

Robert H. Farley, Jr., Naperville, IL, Stephen E. Eberhardt (argued), Crestwood, IL, for Roger Collins.

William L. Browers (argued), Office of the Attorney General, Chicago, IL, for James Schomig and Roger Cowan.

Before POSNER, MANION, and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

Bracy and Collins were convicted in 1981 by a jury in an Illinois state court of three gangster-style murders committed the previous year, and they were sentenced to death upon the jury's recommendation, which under Illinois law bound the judge. After exhausting their state remedies, see People v. Collins, 106 Ill.2d 237, 87 Ill.Dec. 910, 478 N.E.2d 267 (1985),...

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