Legal Opinion
Raymond Lee Stewart v. Michael Lane, Director, Illinois Department of Corrections and Howard Peters, Warden
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 13, 1995No. 93-2586PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLAUM, Circuit Judge.
In 1981, Raymond Lee Stewart was convicted and sentenced to death in two separate trials for three murders. After unsuccessfully appealing his convictions and death sentences in Illinois courts, Stewart filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The district court denied Stewart’s petition. We now affirm.
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Raymond Lee Stewart was convicted and sentenced to death for the murders of Willie Fredd, Albert Pearson, and Kevin Kaiser. Stewart had two trials: one for the Fredd and Pearson murders, and a second for the Kaiser murder. This case has…
2Cases cited30 opinions
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- United States v. FradySupreme Court of the United States · 1982
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