BLACKMON v. WILLIAMS

No. 14-3059.

823 F.3d 1088 (2016)

Eric BLACKMON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Tarry WILLIAMS, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 24, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David J. Harth , David R. Pekarek Krohn , Attorneys, Perkins Coie LLP, Madison, WI, for Petitioner-Appellant.

John R. Schleppenbach , Attorney, Office of the Attorney General, Criminal Appeals Division, Chicago, IL, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before POSNER, SYKES, and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges.


This appeal from the denial of a habeas corpus petition presents a thicket of procedural and substantive issues arising from a murder on the streets of Chicago. On the Fourth of July in 2002, Tony Cox was standing outside a restaurant when he was gunned down by two men. The gunmen fled, but two women driving cars near the...

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