Gerrod Bell v. Randall Hepp

In the United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit ____________________ No. 21-2819 GERROD R. BELL, Petitioner-Appellant, v. RANDALL HEPP, Respondent-Appellee. ____________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. No. 2:18-cv-01439 — J. P. Stadtmueller, Judge. ____________________ ARGUED APRIL 25, 2023 — DECIDED JUNE 7, 2023 ____________________ Before RIPPLE, ST. EVE, and PRYOR, Circuit Judges. RIPPLE, Circuit Judge. At Gerrod Bell’s trial for sexual as- sault, a Wisconsin prosecutor argued that an acquittal would require jurors…