Legal Opinion
United States Ex Rel. Collins v. Welborn
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided November 24, 1999No. 93 C 5282, 93 C 5328PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FINDINGS OF FACT, CONCLUSIONS OF LAW AND ORDER
HART, District Judge.
I. BACKGROUND
A. State Proceedings
Late during the night of November 12, 1980, Frederick Lacey, R.C. Pettigrew and Richard Holliman were kidnapped, robbed, and shot to death execution-style near a viaduct in Chicago, Illinois. In March of 1981, Roger Collins, William Bracy, and Murray Hooper were indicted and charged with armed robbery, aggravated kidnapping, and murder of the three victims. Hooper, who gave a statement inculpating Collins and Bracy, was tried separately. 1 All three were tried before Judge Thomas J. Maloney in…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Teague v. LaneSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Tumey v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
- Withrow v. LarkinSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- People v. CollinsIllinois Supreme Court · 1985
- Bracy v. GramleySupreme Court of the United States · 1997
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3Cited by11 opinions
- People Ex Rel. Madigan v. SnyderIllinois Supreme Court · 2004
- William Bracy and Roger Collins v. James Schomig and Roger CowanCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2002
- People v. CollinsAppellate Court of Illinois · 2004
- William Bracy and Roger Collins v. James Schomig and Roger CowanCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2001
- William Bracy and Roger Collins v. James Schomig and Roger CowanCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2002
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