Legal Opinion
Santiago Sandoval v. Gerado Acevedo, Warden of East Moline Correctional Center
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 20, 1993No. 92-2089PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
Santiago Sandoval was convicted by a jury in an Illinois state court of criminal sexual assault and was sentenced to 15 years in prison, the maximum punishment. After exhausting his state remedies he sought habeas corpus in a federal district court, lost, and appeals.
The only direct evidence of Sandoval’s guilt was the testimony of his victim (whom we shall call “S_” to protect her privacy), which we summarize: She was a divorced woman of 20 when she first met him, he a 27-year-old man who had been born in Panama, was divorced, and was working as a power lineman for…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Davis v. AlaskaSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Harmelin v. MichiganSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Zant v. StephensSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Michigan v. LucasSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
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3Cited by37 opinions
- Lonnie K. Stephens v. Charles B. Miller, Warden, and Attorney General of the State of IndianaCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1994
- Michael G. Tyson v. Clarence Trigg, Superintendent of the Indiana Youth Center and Attorney General of the State of IndianaCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1995
- Embery Jackson McBride v. Bob Sharpe, Warden, Dodge Correctional InstitutionCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1994
- Henry Tague v. Thomas Richards and Attorney General of the State of IndianaCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1993
- Ray Agard v. Leonard Portuondo, Superintendent of Fishkill Correctional FacilityCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1997
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