FEELA v. ISRAEL

Nos. 83-2050, 83-1338.

727 F.2d 151 (1984)

Douglas J. FEELA, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Thomas ISRAEL and Bronson LaFollette, Respondents-Appellees. Maurice SABIN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Thomas ISRAEL and Bronson LaFollette, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 3, 1984.

As Amended February 7, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Yovovich, First Asst. State Public Defender, Madison, Wis., for petitioner-appellant.

Kirbie Knutson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Wis. Dept. of Justice, Madison, Wis., for respondents-appellees.

Before PELL and CUDAHY, Circuit Judges and GRANT, Senior District Judge.


GRANT, Senior District Judge.

In these two cases, consolidated on appeal, petitioners-appellants Maurice Sabin and Douglas Feela appeal the denials of their respective writs of habeas corpus. The issues presented for our review are:

I. Whether the district court erred in finding that the introduction of van theft evidence constituted harmless error; II. Whether the state's allusions to and comments upon...

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