Legal Opinion
Toliver v. McCaughtry
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 27, 2008No. 06-3316PublishedCited by 146 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.
Stephen Toliver was convicted by a jury of first-degree intentional homicide (as a party to a crime), in violation of sections 940.01 and 939.05 of the Wisconsin Statutes. Mr. Toliver was sentenced to life in prison. After exhausting his state remedies, he filed in the district court a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. See 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The district court denied relief, and Mr. Toliver timely appealed to this court.
For the reasons set forth in this opinion, the judgment of the district court is reversed, and the case is remanded for proceedings consistent with…
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