Legal Opinion
United States ex rel. Cross v. DeRobertis
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 28, 1987No. 86-2844PublishedCited by 88 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.
This case is here on expedited appeal from a judgment of the district court granting the petitioner-appellee, Mylon Cross, a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. For the reasons set forth in the following opinion, we reverse the judgment of the district court and remand the case for further proceedings.
I
A. Facts
Along with a co-defendant, the petitioner was charged and, after a jury trial, found guilty of rape and deviate sexual assault. The factual account offered by the state at trial, through the testimony of the victim, is set out in plenary fashion in…
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