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Aleman v. Honorable Judges of the Circuit Court of Cook County

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided March 6, 1998No. 97-2479PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FLAUM, Circuit Judge.

Harry Aleman successfully bribed a Cook County Circuit Judge to acquit him of a murder charge in a 1977 bench trial. A grand jury returned a second indictment against Aleman on this murder charge in 1993 after evidence of the bribery surfaced. In addition, Aleman was indicted for the first time on a different murder charge. Aleman moved to dismiss both indictments, but the Illinois state courts rejected his arguments. In a lastditch effort to avoid (re)trial, Aleman requested a stay of state court proceedings while a federal district court considered his challenge to the…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Burks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  2. Benton v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  3. United States v. MarionSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  4. Green v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  5. Doggett v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1992

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. United States v. Rodney HendersonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2003
  2. United States Ex Rel. Collins v. WelbornDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1999
  3. Clark v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2001
  4. Harrison v. AndersonDistrict Court, S.D. Indiana · 2004
  5. United States v. GrossDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 2001

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