Legal Opinion
Hector Ortiz v. Jack R. Duckworth
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 28, 1982No. 80-1143PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FAIRCHILD, Senior Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a denial of a writ of habeas corpus. Petitioner is in custody as a result of his conviction and sentence in an Indiana court. His sole claim is that the trial judge gave a coercive charge to the jury at 1:55 a.m. after approximately ten hours of deliberation. The relevant portion of the transcript is set out in the decision of the district court, Ortiz v. Duckworth, 482 F.Supp. 1083, 1084-86 (N.D.Ind.1980).
The Supreme Court of Indiana affirmed. Ortiz v. State, 265 Ind. 549, 356 N.E.2d 1188 (1976). In response to the claim of a coercive…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- Engle v. IsaacSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Francis v. HendersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Jenkins v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Ortiz v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1976
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3Cited by6 opinions
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