Legal Opinion
Jimmy Ray Pitsonbarger v. Richard Gramley
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 20, 1997No. 95-3912PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge.
From August 26, 1987, to September 1, 1987, Jimmy Ray Pitsonbarger rampaged through the states of Nevada, Illinois, and Missouri, committing a series of crimes including sexual assault, attempted murder, armed robbery, and murder. The Nevada authorities were the first to prosecute. Pit- ■ sonbarger pleaded guilty in Nevada to charges of sexual assault, attempted murder, armed robbery, and several lesser offenses, for which he was given four life sentences without possibility of parole. Some time after he began serving his Nevada sentence, he was transferred at his…
2Cases cited44 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Coleman v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Ornelas v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
- Cuyler v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
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3Cited by26 opinions
- People v. PitsonbargerIllinois Supreme Court · 2002
- Anthony Hall v. Odie Washington, DirectorCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1997
- Tafford Lee Holman, Petitioner-Appellee/cross-Appellant v. Jerry D. Gilmore, Warden, Respondent-Appellant/cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1997
- Edward Spreitzer v. Howard A. Peters, Iii, Director, Illinois Department of Corrections and Richard B. Gramley, Warden, Pontiac Correctional CenterCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1997
- Jimmy Ray Pitsonbarger v. Richard GramleyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1998
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