Legal Opinion
Jerome White v. Salvador A. Godinez
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 22, 1998No. 96-3187PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.
This appeal from the district court’s denial of a writ of habeas corpus springs ultimately from a murder that took place on August 6, 1982. On that date, A1 Walker and Doyle Johnson robbed and shot Waymond Jackson and Donald Stewart at a rest area on Interstate 57 near Pesotum, Illinois. Although Stewart survived the shooting, Jackson died óf his wounds, turning the crime into murder. Some two weeks later, the petitioner in this case, Jerome White, was charged with murder and conspiracy to commit murder for having hired Walker and Johnson to kill Jackson. (White was…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Lindh v. MurphySupreme Court of the United States · 1997
- Sumner v. MataSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Anthony Hall v. Odie Washington, DirectorCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1997
- Robert Kubat, Cross-Appellee v. James Thieret, Warden, and Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General of Illinois, Cross-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1989
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Vonaire T. Washington v. Judy Smith, Warden, Oshkosh Correctional InstitutionCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2000
- Jerome White v. Salvador A. GodinezCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1999
- Jerome White v. Salvador A. GodinezCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2002
- Berry v. GramleyDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1999
- United States v. Derek Duane PageCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1998
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