Legal Opinion
Darnell Jenkins v. Richard Gramley, Warden, Pontiac Correctional Center
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 25, 1993No. 93-1228PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
Darnell Jenkins is serving a term of 30 years’ imprisonment for the robbery and murder of Joshua Beasley in 1980. The jury concluded that Jenkins and Arthur Martin set upon Beasley, robbed him, and then bashed him on the head with a pipe because he had denied having any money. Leaving a trail of blood, Beasley crawled back to his apartment, where he died of a heart attack. At trial a physician testified that, although a healthy person probably would have survived the blows, Beasley, with a history of cardiac problems, could not. Jenkins fired his retained trial…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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3Cited by53 opinions
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- Johnny Neal, Jr. v. Richard B. GramleyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1997
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