Legal Opinion
James R. Greider v. Jack Duckworth
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 11, 1983No. 82-1487PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAUER, Circuit Judge.
Greider appeals the denial of his petition for writ of habeas corpus, 28 U.S.C. § 2254, challenging the sufficiency of the evidence that he was sane at the time the crime was committed. The district court found that the evidence was sufficient for a rational trier of fact to find beyond a reasonable doubt that Greider was sane at the time of committing the crime. We affirm.
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Greider testified that on January 31, 1977, while under the influence of drugs, he took a taxi to the apartment of Richard Dingman. Greider carried wrapped in a jacket a sawed-off shotgun which he…
2Cases cited36 opinions
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3Cited by23 opinions
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