Legal Opinion
Tyreese Rowan v. Norman G. Owens, Superintendent, Indiana State Reformatory, Pendleton, Indiana
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 28, 1984No. 84-1494PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
In 1979 Tyreese Rowan was convicted by a jury in Indiana of voluntary manslaughter, criminal deviate conduct, and burglary, and sentenced to prison terms (to run consecutively) of 20, 50, and 20 years. The Supreme Court of Indiana upheld his conviction, Rowan v. State, 431 N.E.2d 805 (Ind.1982), and Rowan then filed a petition for habeas corpus in federal district court. After reviewing the transcript of Rowan’s state trial, the district judge denied the petition, and Rowan has appealed.
His principal argument is that no rational jury could have found him guilty beyond a…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Doyle v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- John Eldon Smith, or Anthony Isalldo MacHetti v. Charles Balkcom, Warden, Georgia State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- United States v. John F. GibsonCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1982
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3Cited by34 opinions
- United States v. Algienon TannerCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1991
- United States v. Ronald L. Davenport and Betty L. DavenportCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1991
- Whitehead v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1999
- Canaan v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1989
- Roger Lange v. Warren Young, Superintendent, Waupun Correctional InstitutionCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1989
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