STOCK v. REDNOUR

No. 09-2560.

621 F.3d 644 (2010)

Joseph A. STOCK, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Dave REDNOUR, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 3, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sarah O'Rourke Schrup , Attorney, David R. Pekarek Krohn (argued), Northwestern University School of Law, Chicago, IL, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Garson S. Fischer , Attorney (argued), Office of the Attorney General, Chicago, IL, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and BAUER and WOOD, Circuit Judges.


WOOD, Circuit Judge.

On June 20, 1997, Connie Wagner was found brutally murdered in her home in Palatine, Illinois. Wagner's wrist had been bound with a telephone cord and she had been stabbed more than 180 times. She appeared to have struggled with her assailant or assailants. Joseph Stock, Wagner's former boyfriend, became the prime suspect. Three months after the murder, Stock's friend Alfonso Najera told the police that four days after the murder Stock had confessed...

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