Legal Opinion
Jesse James Ford, III v. Thomas Israel
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 3, 1983No. 82-1453PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*691POSNER, Circuit Judge.
In 1972 a group of masked men robbed Harold’s Club, a restaurant and bar near Madison, Wisconsin, and shot and killed the bartender and a patron. The robbers were caught and in 1973 were tried and convicted in a Wisconsin state court. Among the defendants was Jesse James Ford, III, who was convicted of first-degree murder and armed robbery and sentenced to life imprisonment. After exhausting his state remedies, see State v. Shears, 68 Wis.2d 217, 229 N.W.2d 103 (1975), Ford brought a habeas corpus proceeding in a federal district court, 534 F.Supp. 1128, in Wisconsin.…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Wainwright v. SykesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Cuyler v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Doyle v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- United States v. Willie L. DavisCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1979
- Martin v. WaltonSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
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3Cited by17 opinions
- United States v. Rigoberto Moya-Gomez Celestino Orlando Estevez Amado Raphael Leon Adalberto Herrera and Menelao Orlando EstevezCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1988
- United States v. LewisCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1985
- United States v. NicholsCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1988
- In Re Forfeiture Hearing As To Caplin & Drysdale, CharteredCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1988
- United States v. Paul Solina and Ronnie BruscinoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1984
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