Legal Opinion
Hurley E. Underwood v. Richard Clark and Attorney General of the State of Indiana
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 8, 1991No. 90-2906PublishedCited by 175 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
Hurley Underwood was convicted of criminal confinement with a deadly weapon and of attempted rape, and given concurrent prison terms of four and forty years, respectively. After the Indiana Supreme Court affirmed his conviction, Underwood v. State, 515 N.E.2d 503 (Ind.1987), he turned to the federal district court, which denied his application for habeas corpus.
A woman was jogging alongside a road outside of town. Underwood ran after her, grabbed her around the neck with one arm, and menaced her with a knife held in his other hand, saying, “You’re coming with me now.” He…
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