Legal Opinion
Clifton McFowler v. Danny D. Jaimet, Warden, Hill Correctional Center
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 13, 2003No. 03-1162PublishedCited by 70 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, Circuit Judge.
Following a 1992 bench trial, an Illinois judge convicted Clifton McFowler of first-degree murder and ordered him to serve a prison term of forty years. The Illinois Appellate Court affirmed McFowler’s conviction, judging the testimony of Charlene Meredith, who placed McFowler at the scene of crime with a shotgun in his hand, sufficient to convict him beyond a reasonable doubt notwithstanding conflicts in the evidence as to whom Meredith had picked out of a lineup shortly after the murder. The district court (Hon. Joan B. Gottsc-hall) granted McFowler’s…
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