Legal Opinion
John Pecoraro v. Jonathan R. Walls, Warden
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 1, 2002No. 01-2282PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
John Pecoraro was convicted by a jury in an Illinois state court in 1987 of murder and sentenced to death. After exhausting his state remedies, see People v. Pecoraro, 144 Ill.2d 1, 161 Ill.Dec. 296, 578 N.E.2d 942 (Ill.1991), 175 Ill.2d 294, 222 Ill.Dec. 341, 677 N.E.2d 875 (Ill.1997), he sought relief from the judgment through federal habeas corpus, which the district court de nied after an evidentiary hearing, precipitating this appeal. Pecoraro challenges the constitutionality of his conviction but does not claim that if he was properly convicted the sentence of…
2Cases cited49 opinions
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