HURT v. WISE

Nos. 17-1771 & 17-1777.

880 F.3d 831 (2018)

William HURT, Deadra Hurt, and Andrea Hurt, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Matthew WISE, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 23, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theresa Kleinhaus , Attorney, Russell R. Ainsworth , Attorney, Debra Loevy , Attorney, Loevy & Loevy, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Jason B. Bell , Attorney, Bell Hess & Van Zant, PLC, Elizabethtown, KY, for Defendants-Appellants (Case No. 17-1771).

Robert Burkart , Attorney, Clifford R. Whitehead , Attorney, Keith W. Vonderahe , Attorney, Ziemer, Stayman, Weitzel & Shoulders, Evansville, IN, for Defendants-Appellants (Case No. 17-1777).

Before Wood, Chief Judge, and Flaum and Hamilton, Circuit Judges.


Andrea, Deadra, and William Hurt were all arrested after their uncle, Marcus Golike, was found dead on the banks of the Ohio River. The arrests came after Deadra and William "confessed" that they, with some help from Andrea, murdered Golike. But one by one, each was absolved. Andrea was never criminally charged. The charges against...

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