Legal Opinion
Homer E. Hanrahan v. James Greer, Warden, Menard Correctional Center
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 20, 1990No. 88-2927PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
Marian Hanrahan died at the hands of her estranged husband Homer and her son Michael. Both maintained that Marian’s death was accidental. The jury found Homer guilty of murder; it acquitted Michael of murder but convicted him of kidnapping and aggravated battery. State courts rejected their challenges on direct appeal, People v. Hanrahan, 64 Ill.App.3d 207, 20 Ill.Dec. 866, 380 N.E.2d 1075 (1st Dist.1978), and on collateral attack, 132 Ill.App.3d 640, 87 Ill.Dec. 892, 478 N.E.2d 31 (1st Dist.1985). Homer’s federal petitions for collateral relief also have come to…
2Cases cited25 opinions
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3Cited by23 opinions
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