WARD v. NEAL

No. 16-1001.

835 F.3d 698 (2016)

Roy L. WARD, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Ron NEAL, Superintendent, Indiana State Prison, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 26, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marie F. Donnelly , Attorney, Evanston, IL, Laurence E. Komp , Attorney, Manchester, MO, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Andrew A. Kobe , James Blaine Martin , Attorneys, Office of the Attorney General, Indianapolis, IN, Respondent-Appellee.

Before Wood, Chief Judge, and Easterbrook and Rovner, Circuit Judges.


Roy L. Ward is under a sentence of death for the brutal murder of Stacy Payne, just 15 years old at the time of the crime. He pleaded guilty to the charge at his second trial; a jury recommended death; and the trial court sentenced him accordingly. His conviction and sentence have passed muster through all the appropriate stages...

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