Legal Opinion

John L. Reese v. Howard Peters, Iii, Warden, Pontiac Correctional Center

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided February 28, 1991No. 89-2083PublishedCited by 57 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

This is the third time John L. Reese has sought federal collateral review of his conviction for armed robbery. Reese was convicted in 1980, and the state’s appellate court affirmed in 1981. One petition for habeas corpus was dismissed for failure to exhaust state remedies. After Reese filed another petition, we held in 1986 that the evidence met the constitutional minimum, that the state was entitled to try Reese in a special court for recidivists, and that Stone v. Powell, 428 U.S. 465, 96 S.Ct. 3037, 49 L.Ed.2d 1067 (1976), bars relitigation of Reese’s effort to…

2Cases cited30 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  3. Giglio v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  4. Wainwright v. SykesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  5. Rose v. LundySupreme Court of the United States · 1982

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3Cited by57 opinions

  1. Lonnie Weeks, Jr. v. Ronald J. Angelone, Director of the Virginia Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1999
  2. Everett Lee Mueller v. Ronald J. Angelone, Director, Virginia Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1999
  3. Commonwealth v. BretzSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2003
  4. United States v. Mitchell, Dennis L.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2000
  5. L.C. Markham v. Dick Clark, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1992

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