Legal Opinion
Gerald Rice v. Keith Cooper
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 19, 1998No. 97-2821PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Chief Judge.
In 1986 an illiterate and mildly retarded 16-year-old named Gerald Rice, encouraged by two friends, tossed a bottle of gasoline into an apartment building in Chicago. The bottle exploded, setting a fire that killed four residents of the building. Rice, who was arrested immediately and confessed a little later, was convicted in state court of first-degree murder and sentenced to natural life in prison. One of his friends was acquitted; the other was not charged. After exhausting his state remedies, see People v. Rice, 257 Ill.App.3d 220, 195 Ill.Dec. 373, 628 N.E.2d 837…
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3Cited by48 opinions
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