Legal Opinion
United States ex rel. DiGiacomo v. Franzen
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 14, 1982No. 80-2126PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Per curiam
In this appeal from the denial of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, petitioner James G. DiGiacomo claims that he was denied a fair trial when the state was allowed to use mathematical probability to identify him as the perpetrator of a crime. We hold that the admission of the challenged testimony violated no right guaranteed by the Constitution and affirm the district court’s judgment denying the petition.
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In March 1977, James G. DiGiacomo was tried in an Illinois state court on charges of rape, deviate sexual assault, aggravated kidnapping, and battery. The principal witness against…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Chambers v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Frye v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1923
- People v. McDonaldIllinois Supreme Court · 1975
- People v. CollinsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1968
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3Cited by35 opinions
- State v. SchwartzSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1989
- United States v. George Michael GwaltneyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1986
- James Lilly v. Jerry D. Gilmore, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1993
- McKinley Dudley v. Jack Duckworth, Warden, and Indiana Attorney GeneralCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1988
- John M. Branion, Jr. v. Richard B. GramlyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1988
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