Pecoraro, John v. Walls, Jonathan

In the United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit No. 01-2282 John Pecoraro, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Jonathan R. Walls, Warden, Respondent-Appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division. No. 97 C 5361--John F. Grady, Judge. Argued January 10, 2002--Decided April 1, 2002 Before Posner, Ripple, and Rovner, Circuit Judges. Posner, Circuit Judge. John Pecoraro was convicted by a jury in an Illinois state court in 1987 of murder and sentenced to death. After exhausting his state remedies, see People v. Pecoraro,

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