Legal Opinion
Floyd Richardson v. Kenneth R. Briley
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 18, 2005No. 04-1513PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KANNE, Circuit Judge.
Floyd Richardson was convicted by an Illinois state court jury for the armed robbery of Twin Foods and Liquors and the murder of store clerk George Vrabel. In 1984, he was sentenced to death for these crimes.1 Since that time, he unsuccessfully worked his way through the appeal and post-conviction review process in Illinois. He then filed a habeas corpus petition in federal district court and an evidentiary hearing was held in August 2002. The district court granted Richardson’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus, finding that his conviction was tainted by intentional…
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