ARMFIELD v. NICKLAUS

No. 18-3702.

985 F.3d 536 (2021)

Russell ARMFIELD, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Sonja NICKLAUS, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 11, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Amelia DeGory , Attorney, Sarah Levine , Attorney, Parker Andrew Rider-Longmaid, Esq. , Attorney, Ariel Volpe , Attorney, Jones Day, Washington, DC, Erin M. McGinley , Attorney, Jones Day, Chicago, IL, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Leah Myers Bendik , Attorney, Office of the Attorney General, Chicago, IL, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before Manion, Rovner, and Scudder, Circuit Judges.


Russell Armfield, along with Kimothy Randall and Tyrene Nelson, was charged with first-degree murder in Illinois state court for the 2004 shooting death of Al Copeland in southwest Chicago.

The jury convicted Armfield. He appealed the conviction on the grounds that a transcript...

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