Legal Opinion
Tyrone Walton v. Michael P. Lane
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 22, 1988No. 87-1581PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFEY, Circuit Judge.
Respondent-appellant Michael Lane appeals the trial court’s grant of Tyrone Walton’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The district judge found that an unconstitutionally suggestive pretrial confrontation tainted the victim’s in-court identification of Walton as the perpetrator of an armed robbery. We reverse.
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The facts of this case are detailed in the decision of the Illinois appellate court on Walton’s direct appeal from his armed robbery conviction. People v. Walton, 107 Ill.App.3d 698, 63 Ill.Dec. 351, 437 N.E.2d 1273 (1982). We are mindful that 28 U.S.C. §…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Simmons v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Neil v. BiggersSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Stovall v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Manson v. BrathwaiteSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Sumner v. MataSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
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3Cited by15 opinions
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- United States v. Ernest Frank Clark and Eric GriffinCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1993
- United States v. Jeffrey Earl JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1988
- Kent Clark v. Michael O'Leary and Attorney General of the State of Illinois, RespondentsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1988
- Steve L. Hunter v. Richard Clark and Indiana Attorney GeneralCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1990
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