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CORCORAN v. BUSS

Nos. 07-2093, 07-2182.

551 F.3d 703 (2008)

Joseph E. CORCORAN, Petitioner-Appellee, Cross-Appellant, v. Edwin G. BUSS, Superintendent, Respondent-Appellant, Cross-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 31, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan M. Freedman, Midwest Center for Justice, Evanston, IL, Laurence E. Komp (argued), Manchester, MO, for Petitioner-Appellee, Cross-Appellant.

James B. Martin (argued), Office of the Attorney General, Indianapolis, IN, for Respondent-Appellant, Cross-Appellee.

Before BAUER, WILLIAMS and SYKES, Circuit Judges.

BAUER, Circuit Judge.

On July 26, 1997, Joseph Corcoran shot and killed four men: his brother Jim Corcoran, his sister's fiancé Robert Scott Turner, Timothy Bricker, and Doug Stillwell. An Indiana state court jury convicted Corcoran of four counts of murder. The trial court agreed with the jury's determination and sentenced Corcoran to death. Corcoran exhausted his state court direct appeals and waived state post-conviction review. In 2005, Corcoran filed a petition...

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