Legal Opinion
Ben Sanders, Jr. v. Thomas R. Israel and Attorney General of Wisconsin
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 21, 1983No. 81-1534PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ESCHBACH, Circuit Judge.
The petitioner, Ben Sanders, Jr., was convicted in 1973 for the murder of two Milwaukee police officers and was given two consecutive life sentences. He appealed to the Wisconsin Supreme Court, which affirmed both the convictions and the sentences. 69 Wis.2d 242, 230 N.W.2d 845 (1975). Sanders then commenced habeas corpus proceedings in federal court under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The district court denied Sanders’ motion for an evidentiary hearing and entered summary judgment for the respondents. Reviewing the petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2253, we now affirm the district…
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