Legal Opinion
Gary Burris v. Robert A. Farley, Warden
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 28, 1995No. 94-1328PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
One day in January 1980 Gary Burris decided that he needed money in the worst way — and that is how he set out to obtain it. Burris called for a taxi. When the cab arrived, Burris and two friends entered, robbed the driver, forced him to remove his clothes, and shot him in the temple as he begged for mercy. Police discovered the driver in an alley, his hands tied behind his back, unclothed except for socks, held fast to the ground by his own frozen blood. They found the murder weapon hidden in loudspeakers owned by Burris’s girlfriend, whose sister saw him with wads…
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