Legal Opinion
Tommy Clark v. Jacqueline Lashbrook
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 17, 2018No. 17-2212PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Bauer, Circuit Judge.
In 1999, petitioner-appellant Thomas Clark was convicted of two counts of first-degree murder and one count of robbery. The Illinois Appellate Court affirmed his conviction. Clark filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 . The district court denied the petition. We affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
In November 1997, Thomas Clark, Amos Chairs, and Traye Booker were charged with the robbery and murder of Kevin Martin and Julio Meza at Johnny's Club, a bar owned by Martin. The theory of the prosecution was that Chairs, Clark, and Booker, all members of the…
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