Legal Opinion
United States ex rel. Burke v. Greer
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 13, 1985No. Nos. 84-1430, 84-1343 and 84-1481PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAUER, Circuit Judge.
The two cases captioned above involve the separate petitions for writs of habeas corpus of two co-defendants, both of whom were convicted of aggravated battery, attempted armed robbery, and attempted murder in a joint jury trial in an Illinois state court. Raymond Burke’s petition was denied by Judge Plunkett in the Northern District of Illinois; David Olbrot’s petition was granted by Judge Baker in the Central District of Illinois. Because both petitioners challenge the same prosecutorial closing argument as so prejudicial as to have denied them their constitutional…
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