Legal Opinion
John Szabo v. Jonathan R. Walls, Warden, Menard Correctional Center
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 24, 2003No. 02-1800PublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
After agreeing to sell marijuana to two customers, John Szabo appeared at the site appointed for the exchange with a knife, a gun, and a henchman, but no marijuana. He stole the $700 that the customers had brought and murdered both of them to avert any risk that they would identify him. Szabo has been sentenced to death for these planned killings. The first capital sentence was reversed by the Supreme Court of Illinois because of errors in the hearing, see People v. Szabo, 94 Ill.2d 327, 68 Ill.Dec. 935, 447 N.E.2d 193 (1983) (Szabo I), but the second was affirmed.…
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