Legal Opinion
Michael Carter v. Stephen Duncan
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 30, 2016No. 13-2243PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.
On September 12, 1999, Friday Gardner was shot to death in front of an apartment building on the south side of Chicago. The State of Illinois charged three men, including Michael Carter, with Gardner’s murder. Mr. Carter was tried alongside his brother, Michael Stone, in a single trial. Both were convicted of murder; Mr. Carter was sentenced to thirty years’ imprisonment. Following an unsuccessful state postconviction proceeding, Mr. Carter filed a pro se petition for habeas corpus in the district court under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The district court denied relief on each of…
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