Legal Opinion
Michael J. Kurzawa v. Eurial K. Jordan, Administrator, Division of Probation and Parole, and James E. Doyle, Attorney General, State of Wisconsin
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 29, 1998No. 96-3299PublishedCited by 77 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFEY, Circuit Judge.
The petitioner-appellant, Michael Kurzawa, appeals from the district court’s denial of his petition for writ of habeas corpus. He contends that the court erred in concluding that the “same elements” double jeopardy test set forth in United States v. Dixon, 509 U.S. 688, 113 S.Ct. 2849, 125 L.Ed.2d 556 (1993), applies retroactively to allow his Wisconsin prosecution for uttering a forged document, Wis. Stat. § 943.38(2), following acquittal on charges of theft by fraud, Wis. Stat. § 943.20(l)(d). We affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
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