Legal Opinion
Keith Bland v. Marcus Hardy
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 13, 2012No. 10-1566PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge.
A jury concluded that Keith Bland set out to steal some guns from his father’s house and did not care who got hurt. He and his confederates found his stepmother at home. She was executed by a bullet to the back of her head. A state court sentenced Bland to 71 years’ imprisonment for murder and armed robbery. His conviction was affirmed on appeal, and the state judiciary rejected a collateral attack. He then tried federal court under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 and lost again. 2010 WL 563074, 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 13624 (N.D.Ill. Feb. 12, 2010). We issued a certificate of…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- Giglio v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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