Legal Opinion
Randall Weidner v. James H. Thieret, Warden, Menard Correctional Facility, and Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General of the State of Illinois
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 13, 1989No. 88-1692PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
This appeal from the denial of a petition for habeas corpus, 683 F.Supp. 1195 (N.D.Ill.1988), presents a difficult question relating to the procedures to be followed in habeas corpus proceedings in which the petitioner claims that he was convicted on the basis of a coerced confession, and hence deprived of his liberty without due process of law, in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Randall Weidner was convicted in an Illinois state court in 1981 of the rape and murder of Sharon Visnack, whose husband had paid Weidner (and another man, Ku-bick) $500 plus a car and a…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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- Jackson v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
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- Miller v. FentonSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
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3Cited by37 opinions
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- Harold Wilson v. Michael O'leary, Warden, Stateville Correctional CenterCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1990
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