Legal Opinion
William Franklin v. Jerry D. Gilmore
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 18, 1999No. 98-2338PublishedCited by 73 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAUER, Circuit Judge.
An Illinois jury convicted William Franklin for the murder of Elgin Evans. That same jury found Franklin eligible for the death penalty and. sentenced him to death after concluding that there were no mitigating factors sufficient to preclude a sentence of death. Franklin unsuccessfully challenged that conviction on appeal to the Illinois Supreme Court. He then filed a petition for collateral relief under the Illinois Post Conviction Hearing Act, 725 ILCS 5/122-1 et seq., which he also pursued at the trial court and the Illinois Supreme Court. After those efforts bore no…
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