Legal Opinion
Howard Wilson v. Odie Washington
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 27, 1998No. 96-3260PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TERENCE T. EVANS, Circuit Judge.
Perhaps Howard Wilson lied to protect his brothers, perhaps he lied to protect himself. Regardless of his motives, had Wilson told the truth about the 1988 triple murder at S & S Liquors in Bloomington, Illinois, there’s a chance he might be a free man today. Instead, Wilson now sits in an Illinois prison serving three concurrent life terms for first degree murder and a concurrent 5-year term for perjury.
In this federal habeas petition (filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254) Wilson sought release on the grounds that his state prosecution violated an informal grant…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Anderson v. HarlessSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- United States v. Michael Lee HarveyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1986
- Almgren v. Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical CenterIllinois Supreme Court · 1994
- United States v. William J. Osborne, Thomas E. Hanna and Joseph Urbano, Jr., Also Known as Toby UrbanoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1991
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