MORRIS v. BARTOW

No. 14-3482.

832 F.3d 705 (2016)

Kenneth MORRIS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Bryan BARTOW, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 10, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert R. Henak , Attorney, Henak Law Office, Milwaukee, WI, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Marguerite M. Moeller , Attorney, Office of the Attorney General, Wisconsin Department of Justice, Madison, WI, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before FLAUM, WILLIAMS, and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges.


In 2000, petitioner Kenneth Morris shot and killed his friend Billy Smith. The substantive issue in this appeal is whether Morris was coerced to plead guilty in state court to first-degree reckless homicide. That issue lies behind unusually complex layers of procedural issues that have accreted over more than fifteen years...

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