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BELL v. HEPP

No. 21-2819.

70 F.4th 385 (2023)

Gerrod R. BELL, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Randall HEPP, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 7, 2023.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Margo Jasukaitis , Attorney, Perkins Coie LLP, Seattle, WA, John S. Skilton , Attorney, Perkins Coie LLP, Madison, WI, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Daniel J. O'Brien , Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, Wisconsin Department of Justice, Madison, WI, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before Ripple, St. Eve, and Pryor, Circuit Judges.

At Gerrod Bell's trial for sexual assault, a Wisconsin prosecutor argued that an acquittal would require jurors to believe that the witnesses were lying and stressed that there was no evidence of a motive to lie. After Mr. Bell was convicted, he moved for a new trial, claiming that the prosecutor's argument made his trial...

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