Legal Opinion
Robert St. Pierre v. Jonathan R. Walls, Warden, Menard Correctional Center
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 29, 2002No. 01-3480PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAUER, Circuit Judge.
Robert St. Pierre committed two brutal murders for hire in 1982. St. Pierre was tried and convicted of the murders in Illinois state court in 1983. On direct appeal, the Illinois Supreme Court reversed the conviction and ordered a new trial based on the admission of an improperly obtained confession. People v. St. Pierre, 122 Ill.2d 95, 118 Ill.Dec. 606, 522 N.E.2d 61 (1988). On remand, St. Pierre accepted responsibility and pled guilty to the two murders in 1989, rather than face another trial. St. Pierre then exhausted his state post-conviction remedies, People v. St.…
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