Michael Cheeks v. Donald Gaetz

In the United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit No. 05-3372 M ICHAEL C HEEKS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. D ONALD G AETZ, Respondent-Appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division. No. 1:05-CV-01354—Suzanne B. Conlon, Judge. A RGUED S EPTEMBER 11, 2006—D ECIDED JULY 7, 2009 Before R IPPLE, K ANNE, and W ILLIAMS, Circuit Judges. W ILLIAMS, Circuit Judge. During and after Michael Cheeks’s trial for murder and home invasion, he re- ceived letters from his former girlfriend, Maria Brown, who was also a witness at trial.…