GIBBS v. VANNATTA

No. 01-2246.

329 F.3d 582 (2003)

Thomas GIBBS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. John R. VanNATTA, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 21, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David D. Pope (argued), Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, Chicago, IL, for Petitioner-Appellant.

James B. Martin (argued), Office of Atty. General, Indianapolis, IN, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before CUDAHY, POSNER, and EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges.


POSNER, Circuit Judge.

Thomas Gibbs appeals from the denial of his petition for federal habeas corpus. He had been prosecuted in an Indiana state court in 1984 on 19 counts of burglary, 19 counts of theft (arising from the same incidents), and in addition a count of being a habitual offender because he "had accumulated two (2) prior unrelated felony convictions." Ind.Code § 35-50-2-8. At his trial, evidence of 39 other, unrelated burglaries was introduced by...

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