Legal Opinion
Robert Ford, Jr. v. Rodney J. Ahitow, Warden, and Roland W. Burris
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 14, 1997No. 95-2542PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.
On Sunday, September 17, 1989, around 6 o’clock in the afternoon, a violent fight erupted between the petitioner Robert Ford and Karonda Marion (“Karonda”), his stepdaughter, who was approximately five months pregnant. During the brawl, Mr. Ford kicked Karonda in the abdomen several times and Karonda stabbed Mr. Ford. Each was taken to a hospital. In the emergency room, a Doppler machine detected a fetal heartbeat but the ultrasound/sonogram did not. The radiologist concluded that the fetus was dead.
Mr. Ford was convicted in an Illinois state court of the intentional…
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