Legal Opinion
Wrinkles v. Buss
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 12, 2008No. 05-2747PublishedCited by 82 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KANNE, Circuit Judge.
This case is before the court on collateral review. In 1995, a Vanderburgh County, Indiana, Circuit Court jury convicted Matthew Wrinkles of murdering his wife, his wife’s brother, and his sister-in-law. The jury recommended and Judge Richard L. Young imposed a death sentence. Wrinkles unsuccessfully appealed his conviction and sentence to the Indiana Supreme Court, and thereafter, Judge Carl Heldt of the Vanderburgh Circuit Court denied his request for post-conviction relief. Wrinkles then filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, 28 U.S.C. § 2254, in the United…
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- Wainwright v. SykesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
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