CAL v. GARNETT

No. 20-1047.

991 F.3d 843 (2021)

Cedric CAL, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Jason GARNETT, Chief of Parole for the Illinois Department of Corrections, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 23, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alison R. Flaum , Attorney, Shobha Lakshmi Mahadev , Attorney, Northwestern University School of Law, Bluhm Legal Clinic, Chicago, IL, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Erin O'Connell , Attorney, Office of the Attorney General, Chicago, IL, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before Wood, Scudder, and St. Eve, Circuit Judges.


In 1994 Cedric Cal and Albert Kirkman were convicted in Illinois state court of murder and attempted murder after a shooting left two people dead and a third victim, Willie Johnson, alive but with nine gunshot wounds. Johnson testified at trial and identified Cal and Kirkman as the shooters. Some 15 years later, Johnson recanted...

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