LONG v. PFISTER

No. 13-3327.

874 F.3d 544 (2017)

Paysun LONG, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Randy PFISTER, Warden, Stateville Correctional Center, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

DECIDED October 20, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas G. Smith , Attorney, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Chicago, IL, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Michael M. Glick , Attorney, Office of the Attorney General — Criminal Appeals Division, Chicago, IL, Lindsay Beyer Payne , Attorney, Office of the Attorney General, Chicago, IL, for Respondent-Appellees.

Before Wood, Chief Judge, and Bauer, Easterbrook, Kanne, Rovner, Williams, Sykes, and Hamilton, Circuit Judges.


Larriec Sherman was shot to death in June 2001. Four witnesses identified Paysun Long as the gunman; their statements were recorded on video. Two of the four recanted before Long's trial. The other two — Keyonna Edwards and Brooklyn Irby — testified, while the video statements of the two recanting witnesses...

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