Legal Opinion
Thomas v. Williams
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 18, 2016No. 14-2610PublishedCited by 149 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KANNE, Circuit Judge.
A jury convicted Tony Thomas of the 2001 murder of Khatim Shakir. In January 2005, after his conviction was final, Thomas received a letter from his trial attorney informing him that unidentified gang members told police that Thomas did not commit the murder, but rather, that the shooter was a drug dealer named Robert Pinkston.
In April 2005, Thomas filed a petition for post-conviction relief in state court arguing that he was actually innocent in light of the newly discovered evidence. After unsuccessfully pursuing that petition, Thomas filed a second petition in state…
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