PECORARO v. WALLS

No. 01-2282.

286 F.3d 439 (2002)

John PECORARO, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Jonathan R. WALLS, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 1, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan M. Freedman (argued), Carol R. Heise, Midwest Center for Justice, Chicago, IL, for Petitioner-Appellant.

William L. Browers, Kenneth T. McCurry (argued), Office of Attorney General, Chicago, IL, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before POSNER, RIPPLE, and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.


POSNER, Circuit Judge.

John Pecoraro was convicted by a jury in an Illinois state court in 1987 of murder and sentenced to death. After exhausting his state remedies, see People v. Pecoraro, 144 Ill.2d 1, 161 Ill.Dec. 296, 578 N.E.2d 942 (Ill.1991), 175 Ill.2d 294, 222 Ill.Dec. 341

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