Legal Opinion
John R. Weber v. James P. Murphy
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 2, 1994No. 93-1191PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KANNE, Circuit Judge.
The petitioner, John Weber, induced his wife, Emily Weber, to take a ride with him in the Wisconsin countryside, telling her that, he had a “surprise” for her. 1 After a short drive, the petitioner stopped the car at his parent’s vacant farm property. He told Emily to look out the window, which she did. He then held a knife to her throat, taped her eyes and mouth shut, taped her hands behind her back, beat her with his fists and a metal shovel, cut her breast and legs with a knife, burned her with a lighted cigar on the body and in her vagina, and repeatedly sexually…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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3Cited by30 opinions
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