SZABO v. WALLS

No. 02-1800.

313 F.3d 392 (2002)

John SZABO, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Jonathan R. WALLS, Warden, Menard Correctional Center, Respondent-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 10, 2002.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied January 24, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan M. Freedman, Gary Prichard (Argued), Midwest Center for Justice, Chicago, IL, for Petitioner-Appellee.

Michael M. Glick (Argued), Office of the Attorney General, Chicago, IL, for Respondent-Appellant.

Before EASTERBROOK, RIPPLE, and MANION, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied January 24, 2003.

EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

After agreeing to sell marijuana to two customers, John Szabo appeared at the site appointed for the exchange with a knife, a gun, and a henchman, but no marijuana. He stole the $700 that the customers had brought and murdered both of them to avert any risk that they would identify him. Szabo has been sentenced to death for these planned killings. The first capital sentence...

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