Legal Opinion
Robert McGeshick v. Patrick Fiedler
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 26, 1993No. 92-3934PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILL, Senior District Judge.
Robert McGeshick was convicted for three small sales (totalling less than half an ounce) of marijuana in Wisconsin state court for Forest County. He was sentenced to five years probation. The key witness against him at trial was Walter Panick, a government informant who made the purchases. Before trial McGeshick’s attorney asked the district attorney to reveal any promises, inducements or threats made to Panick, and was told there were none. In post-trial motions and on state court appeals, McGeshick argued that there were threats or inducements, based on two…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- United States of America Ex Rel. Willie B. Henne v. James C. Fike, Warden, and Allyn R. Sielaff, Director, Etc., RespondentsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1977
- United States v. Paul Wilbert Sutton, United States of America v. Jesse Thomas Lee, United States of America v. Charles Sutton, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1976
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