United States Seventh Circuit

Where a petitioner produces a credible witness who did not testify, but that witness did not see the events either directly before or directly after the incident in question, the petitioner has not shown a likelihood that no reasonable juror would have convicted him in light of the new evidence.

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/27/2001
• Decided 09/10/2001
• Published 09/10/2001

Judges

• MANION, Circuit Judge., Before BAUER, POSNER, and MANION, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• David C. Thomas (argued), Chicago-Kent College of Law, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Margaret M. O'Connell (argued), Office of the Atty. Gen., Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.