Legal Opinion
Joel Buie v. Eugene McAdory Warden, Menard Correctional Center
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 25, 2003No. 02-3565PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
Someone bludgeoned Bennie Ervin to death in her home and stole her jewelry plus other valuables. A jury convicted Joel Buie of these crimes; the judge sentenced him to life imprisonment. The evidence supporting this verdict includes Buie’s confession, the fact that he was hard up for money (shortly after the murder he tried to exchange a gold chain for cocaine, and Ervin’s husband testified that she always wore such a chain), and the fact that there were no signs of forced entry. Buie and Ervin lived a few doors apart, and he had agreed to install a hook for a…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Giglio v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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