Legal Opinion
John Britz v. James H. Thieret, Warden, Menard Correctional Center, and Roland W. Burris, Attorney General of the State of Illinois
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 6, 1991No. 90-3077PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAUER, Chief Judge.
In the wee hours of the morning on June 9, 1979, Timothy Meisner pulled into a gas station in Springfield, Illinois. One of the front tires of his van needed air. He got out of the van, walked around front, and went to work on the tire. He popped off the hubcap and was bending down to plug in the air hose, when someone came up behind him. He may never have seen who that stranger was. From point blank range, the stranger fired a single .22 caliber bullet through Meisner’s right shoulder, through his right lung and into his heart, killing him on the spot. After riffling…
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