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YOUNG v. WALLS

No. 02-1221.

311 F.3d 846 (2002)

Dan YOUNG, Jr., Petitioner-Appellant, v. Jonathan R. WALLS, Warden, Menard Correctional Center, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided November 22, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James N. Perlman (argued), Office of the Cook County Public Defender, Chicago, IL, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Lionel W. Weaver (argued), Office of the Atty. Gen., Chicago, IL, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before POSNER, EASTERBROOK, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.

EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

Dan Young, whose IQ has been measured at 56, has slight comprehension of abstract concepts. He is also uncontrollably violent when left to his own devices and has accumulated a lengthy criminal record. The convictions now under review are for the rape and exceptionally brutal murder of Kathy Morgan. His detailed confession was corroborated by a confederate plus a match between Young's dental pattern and a bite mark on Morgan's body. He...

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