WINFIELD v. DORETHY

No. 16-3316.

871 F.3d 555 (2017)

Gerald WINFIELD, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Stephanie DORETHY, Warden, Respondent-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 13, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carol A. Brook , William H. Theis , Attorneys, Office of the Federal Defender Program, Chicago, IL, for Petitioner-Appellee.

Brian McLeish , Attorney, Office of the Attorney General, Criminal Appeals Division, Chicago, IL, for Respondent-Appellant.

Before Wood, Chief Judge, Flaum, Circuit Judge, and Conley, District Judge.


On July 25, 2000, after a four-day bench trial, Cook County Circuit Court Judge Leo E. Holt found Gerald Winfield guilty of the attempted murder of Jarlon Garrett. On direct appeal and again on post-conviction review, the Illinois appellate courts rejected Winfield's challenges to his conviction and thirty-year prison sentence...

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