Legal Opinion
Todd A. Brecht v. Gordon A. Abrahamson, Superintendent, Dodge Correctional Institution
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 20, 1991No. 91-1835PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
Todd A. Brecht was serving time in Georgia for felony theft when his sister Molly Hartman paid the restitution for Brecht’s crime and took temporary custody of him while he awaited an opening in a halfway house. This created a sticky situation because Molly’s husband Roger was the district attorney for Buffalo County, Wisconsin. There cannot be many public prosecutors who want to have a felon about the house. The awkwardness of putting up the black sheep of the family was augmented by the fact that Brecht, a heavy drinker, is also homosexual, which Roger…
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3Cited by31 opinions
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