Legal Opinion

Brian Miranda v. Blair J. Leibach

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided January 20, 2005No. 02-3452PublishedCited by 87 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ROVNER, Circuit Judge.

A jury convicted Brian Miranda of first-degree murder, and the trial court sentenced him to serve 30 years in prison. After exhausting his state court remedies, Miranda petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The district court denied his petition. We affirm.

I

In the early evening of October 13, 1993, 15-year-old Michael Ryan was killed on the northwest side of Chicago by a gunshot to the back of his head. On the following day, having learned that 16-year-old Frank Perez had been seen in the vicinity of the shooting and that Ryan had been…

2Cases cited58 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  3. Coleman v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  4. Teague v. LaneSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  5. Brown v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1975

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3Cited by87 opinions

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  5. Charles Donelson v. Randy PfisterCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2016

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