Legal Opinion
Nathson Fields v. Lawrence Wharrie
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 28, 2012No. 11-2035PublishedCited by 107 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLAUM, Circuit Judge.
Nathson Fields was wrongly convicted of two murders. Twenty-five years after his ordeal began, he was exonerated, and he presently seeks money damages from those state officials he holds responsible for his conviction. Among others, he names Cook County, Illinois Assistant States Attorneys (“ASA”) Larry Wharrie and David Kelley, alleging that they induced false testimony during his trial and subsequent retrial, suppressed the compromised nature of this testimony and its acquisition from him, and denied him due process.
Wharrie and Kelley raise an interlocutory appeal,…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- United States v. BagleySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Imbler v. PachtmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Giglio v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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3Cited by107 opinions
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- Nathson Fields v. Lawrence WharrieCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2014
- James Brunson v. Scott MurrayCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2016
- Armstrong v. DailyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2015
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