Legal Opinion
Ronald Dennis Fencl v. Gordon Abrahamson
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 9, 1988No. 86-1813PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.
On June 9, 1978, a jury in a Wisconsin trial court found the petitioner, Ronald Dennis Fencl, guilty of first degree murder. Mr. Fencl was sentenced to life imprisonment. The judgment and order were appealed to the Wisconsin Court of Appeals. That court certified the questions presented to the Wisconsin Supreme Court, and the Supreme Court affirmed the trial court’s judgment. State v. Fencl, 109 Wis. 2d 224, 325 N.W.2d 703 (1982). After exhausting the available state remedies, Mr. Fencl raised three issues in his petition for habeas corpus: 1) that the prosecutor’s…
2Cases cited24 opinions
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- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
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- Doyle v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by38 opinions
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