Legal Opinion
Walter Stewart v. Richard B. Gramley, Warden, Pontiac Correctional Center
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 27, 1996No. 95-1850PublishedCited by 84 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Chief Judge.
Walter Stewart entered a jewelry store in an Illinois town, drew a revolver, and announced a stickup. After completing the stickup, Stewart ordered the three people (the woman who owned the store, her boyfriend, and her brother) who were in the front of the store (a fourth had slipped away to a back room) to move to the side. The men didn’t move; the woman did move, but she took a step backward rather than to the side and Stewart shot her. The two men jumped Stewart, who fired four times, hitting both men. They fell to the floor, and Stewart shot one of them again. He then…
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