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FREE v. PETERS

Nos. 92-3618, 92-3711 & 93-2517.

12 F.3d 700 (1993)

James P. FREE, Jr., Petitioner- Appellee-Cross-Appellant, v. Howard A. PETERS, III, et al., Respondents-Appellants- Cross-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 21, 1993.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied March 31, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kimball R. Anderson, Bruce R. Braun (argued), Gregg D. Reisman, Winston & Strawn, Chicago, IL, for petitioner-appellant.

Arleen C. Anderson (argued), Terence M. Madsen, Paula Giroux, Asst. Attys. Gen., Vincenzo Chimera, Richard Schwind, Steven J. Zick (argued), Office of Atty. Gen., Criminal Appeals Div., Chicago, IL, for respondents-appellants.

Cynthia Grant Bowman, Northwestern University Legal Clinic, David J. Bradford, Locke E. Bowman, III, Kathleen M. Banar, MacArthur Justice Center, Chicago, IL, for amicus curiae MacArthur Justice Center.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, and BAUER and CUDAHY, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied March 31, 1994.*

POSNER, Chief Judge.

In 1979, James P. Free, Jr. was convicted of a felony murder committed the previous year and was sentenced to death. After exhausting his state remedies, see People v. Free, 94 Ill.2d 378, 69 Ill.Dec. 1, 447 N.E.2d 218 (1983), 112 Ill.2d 154<...

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