FIELDMAN v. BRANNON

No. 19-1795.

969 F.3d 792 (2020)

Shan FIELDMAN, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Christine BRANNON, Warden, Respondent-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 12, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kathleen Zellner , Attorney, Nicholas M. Curran , Attorney, Kathleen T. Zellner & Associates, Downers Grove, IL, for Petitioner-Appellee.

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

Before Flaum, Manion, and Kanne, Circuit Judges.


On July 23, 2010, Shan Fieldman climbed into a truck in a Walmart parking lot and told a hitman that he wanted his ex-wife and her boyfriend killed. The hitman was in fact an undercover police officer who videotaped their conversation. Fieldman was charged and tried in Illinois state court for solicitation of murder for hire...

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