Legal Opinion
Hill v. Wilson
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 10, 2008No. 06-2777PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge.
Asher Hill entered a liquor store in Indianapolis, shot the clerk, and stole the contents of the cash register. For this conduct he has been convicted of several offenses and sentenced to life imprisonment without possibility of parole, because his many convictions make him a habitual offender under Indiana law. The clerk survived and was prepared to testify against Hill but suffered a heart attack just before trial. The judge postponed the trial for two months; Hill contends, in this proceeding under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, that by doing this the judge violated two of his…
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