Legal Opinion
Felicia Aries Morgan v. Kristine Krenke
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 13, 2000No. 99-4160PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TERENCE T. EVANS, Circuit Judge.
Early one morning in October of 1991, 17-year-old Felicia Morgan and two friends went on a senseless and incomprehensible 15-minute crime spree on Milwaukee’s north side. They committed several armed robberies, motivated by nothing more meaningful than the desire to steal jewelry or clothing from a bevy of victims. But robbery target Brenda Adams did not go quietly. When Adams refused to give up her leather trench coat, Morgan shot and killed her. Morgan then ran off with the coat.
At her state trial on multiple charges growing out of these chilling events,…
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