Legal Opinion
Robert St. Pierre v. Roger D. Cowan, Warden, Menard Correctional Center
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 28, 2000No. 98-3451PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge.
Robert St. Pierre, who has twice been convicted of a double murder and twice sentenced to death, cannot decide what he wants to do about that situation. Indeed, from the time he was first arrested for the crimes up to and including his appeals in this court in his federal habeas corpus proceeding, he has flipped and flopped, waived and withdrawn waivers, to the point where it is practically impossible to know what his preferences are for the handling of his case. The narrow question before us in this appeal is whether the district court correctly decided that St.…
2Cases cited35 opinions
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3Cited by37 opinions
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