Legal Opinion
Ben-Yisrayl v. Buss
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 28, 2008No. 07-2151, 07-2281PublishedCited by 83 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAUER, Circuit Judge.
Obadyah Ben-Yisrayl, formerly known as Christopher Peterson, was convicted of two counts of murder by an Indiana jury. After extensive proceedings through the Indiana and federal courts, he was ultimately sentenced to two consecutive sixty-year terms of imprisonment. He filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, claiming various constitutional violations. The district court denied the petition in part and granted the petition in part. We reverse the district court’s grant of the petition and affirm the denial.
I. BACKGROUND
On the afternoon of December 19, 1990, Hija…
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