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CARTER v. THOMPSON

No. 11-2202.

690 F.3d 837 (2012)

Tenisha CARTER, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Sheryl THOMPSON, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 14, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lindsay A. Philiben (argued), Attorney, Baker & McKenzie, Chicago, IL, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Eldad Malamuth (argued), Attorney, Office of the Attorney General, Criminal Appeals Division, Chicago, IL, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before POSNER, WOOD, and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges.

WOOD, Circuit Judge.

After enduring 55 hours of interrogation at the police station, Tenisha Carter (then just 16 years old) confessed to the murder of her roommate, Brandy Thompson. In due course, Carter was convicted of first-degree murder by a jury and sentenced to 30 years' imprisonment. Her case comes to this court on appeal from the district court's decision denying her petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28...

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