Legal Opinion
Hector Reuben Sanchez v. Jerry D. Gilmore, Warden, Pontiac Correctional Center
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 20, 1999No. 98-2734PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TERENCE T. EVANS, Circuit Judge.
Fifteen years ago Hector Reuben Sanchez was found guilty by an Illinois jury on several charges, including murder, attempted murder, rape, aggravated kidnapping, and deviant sexual assault. The jury concluded that Sanchez killed 21-year-old Michelle Thompson by strangling her after she was abducted and raped. The jury also found that Sanchez shot and seriously wounded Thompson’s friend, Rene Valentine. In the second phase of the trial the *621jury determined that Sanchez should be sentenced to death.
At trial, Valentine testified that he and Thompson met at a…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Darden v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Drope v. MissouriSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Walton v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
- People v. SanchezIllinois Supreme Court · 1996
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3Cited by52 opinions
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