Legal Opinion
John M. Branion, Jr. v. Richard B. Gramly
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 21, 1988No. 87-3052, 87-3053PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
Donna Branion died on December 22, 1967. She was strangled and shot at least four times. She was not molested; there were no signs of forced entry into the apartment, from which nothing was stolen. This led the police to doubt that a stranger was responsible. A jury concluded that Donna’s husband, John M. Branion, Jr., did the deed. The evidence was circumstantial, but what circumstances!
• Branion called the police after finding his wife sprawled in a pool of blood. Although a physician, he did nothing to investigate her condition or assist her. He told the police…
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