William Bracy v. Richard B. Gramley, Roger Collins v. George C. Welborn

POSNER, Chief Judge.

William Bracy and Roger Collins were convicted in an Illinois state court in 1981 of three murders committed the previous year. They were sentenced to death and after exhausting their state remedies (see People v. Collins, 106 Ill.2d 237, 87 Ill.Dec. 910, 478 N.E.2d 267 (1985); 153 Ill.2d 130, 180 Ill.Dec. 60, 606 N.E.2d 1137 (1992)) sought habeas corpus in federal district court. Judge Hart denied them relief, United States ex rel. Collins v. Welborn, 868 F.Supp. 950 (N.D.Ill.1994), and they have appealed, arguing that the state denied them due process of law both at…