United States Seventh Circuit

Habeas relief is improper where the state court reasonably concluded that a witness did not commit constitutional error by perjuring himself, based on the witness's hope that his testimony would be beneficial to his own case.

Appellate Information

• Argued 05/17/2002
• Decided 08/13/2002
• Published 08/13/2002

Judges

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

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Karen L. Daniel (argued), Jane E. Raley, Northwestern University Legal Clinic, Chicago, IL, for Petitioner-Appellee., Domenica Osterberger (argued), Office of the Atty. Gen., Chicago, IL, for Respondent-Appellant.