LAUX v. ZATECKY

No. 16-3282.

890 F.3d 666 (2018)

Fredrick A. LAUX, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Dushan ZATECKY, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 17, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nina N. Shah , Attorney, MAYER BROWN LLP, New York, NY, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Kelly A. Loy , James Blaine Martin , Attorneys, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, Indianapolis, IN, for

Before Ripple, Kanne, and Hamilton, Circuit Judges.


In 2002, Fredrick Laux broke into his ex-wife's home and murdered her with a crowbar. A jury in Grant County, Indiana, decided that the aggravating circumstance of Laux's crime — that he committed murder during a burglary — outweighed the primary mitigating circumstance — that he had no criminal history...

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