Legal Opinion
Johnson v. Pollard
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 24, 2009No. 08-1695PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.
Jimmie Johnson was convicted in Wisconsin state court of reckless homicide, recklessly endangering safety and being a felon in possession of a firearm. The trial court admitted into evidence Mr. Johnson’s confession. Mr. Johnson claims that this confession was the product of police coercion and, consequently, was inadmissible at trial. After unsuccessfully seeking relief in the Wisconsin courts, Mr. Johnson filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The district court denied his petition and later denied his request for a certificate of…
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