HOLMES v. NEAL

Nos. 14-3359, 04-3549, 06-2905.

816 F.3d 949 (2016)

Eric D. HOLMES, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Ron NEAL, Superintendent, Indiana State Prison, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 22, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Benza , Attorney, Chagrin Falls, OH, Kathy Lea Stinton-Glen , Attorney, Indianapolis, IN, for Petitioner-Appellant.

James Blaine Martin , Attorney, Office of the Attorney General, Indianapolis, IN, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before WOOD, Chief Judge, and POSNER and FLAUM, Circuit Judges.


In 1992 the petitioner, Eric Holmes, was convicted of a pair of murders committed three years earlier, and the following year he was sentenced to death. On the day of the murders he'd gotten into an argument with a co-worker at the Shoney's restaurant where he worked. He and a man named Michael Vance approached the co-worker...

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