STEPHENSON v. WILSON

No. 09-2924.

619 F.3d 664 (2010)

John M. STEPHENSON, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Bill WILSON, Superintendent of Indiana State Prison, Respondent-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 26, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marie F. Donnelly , Attorney (argued), Chicago, IL, Alan M. Freedman , Attorney, Midwest Center for Justice, Ltd., Evanston, IL, for Petitioner-Appellee.

Kelly A. Miklos , Attorney (argued), Office of the Attorney General, Indianapolis, IN, for Respondent-Appellant.

Before BAUER, POSNER, and TINDER, Circuit Judges.


POSNER, Circuit Judge.

In 1997 a jury in an Indiana state court convicted petitioner Stephenson of three murders. The judge sentenced him to death. After exhausting his state remedies, see Stephenson v. State, 742 N.E.2d 463 (Ind.2001) (affirming his conviction and sentence), and 864 N.E.2d 1022 (Ind.2007) (affirming denial of post-conviction...

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