HOOPER v. RYAN

No. 12-1980.

729 F.3d 782 (2013)

Murray HOOPER, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Charles L. RYAN, Director of the Arizona Department of Corrections, and Lisa Madigan, Attorney General of Illinois, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 9, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dale A. Baich , Attorney, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Capital Habeas Unit, Phoenix, AZ, Nathaniel C. Love , Attorney, Sidley Austin LLP, Chicago, IL, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Karl R. Triebel , Attorney, Office of the Attorney General, Civil Appeals Division, Chicago, IL, for Respondents-Appellees.

Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, HAMILTON, Circuit Judge, and MILLER, District Judge.


EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge.

After a trial in 1981, Murray Hooper was convicted of three murders and sentenced to death. The Supreme Court of Illinois affirmed the conviction but ordered a new penalty trial. People v. Hooper, 133 Ill.2d 469, 142 Ill.Dec. 93, 552 N.E.2d 684(1989). It ended in another capital sentence, which was affirmed. People v. Hooper, 172 Ill...

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