Legal Opinion
Dwayne Coulter v. Jerry Gilmore
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 17, 1998No. 96-4033PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge.
On October 17, 1985, Officer Michael Ridges of the Prospect Heights, Illinois, Police Department was killed after he stopped three individuals in a blue Cadillac bearing no license plates. Dwayne Coulter, an African-American, was one of the passengers in the Cadillac. Coulter ultimately stood trial and was convicted in Illinois state court on charges of first degree murder (of Ridges) and of conspiracy to commit murder of one Robert Fischer. See People v. Coulter, 230 Ill.App.3d 209, 171 Ill.Dec. 643, 594 N.E.2d 1163 (Ill.App.1992). Although the state left unused…
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