United States Seventh Circuit

A certificate of appealability obtained by a prisoner from a district court may not have complied with 28 U.S.C. section 2253(c), where the purported constitutional issue may have been purely related to Illinois evidence law, but the certificate will not be vacated prior to allowing the case to be briefed.

Appellate Information

• Argued 08/05/2003
• Decided 03/12/2003
• Published 03/12/2003

Judges

• EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge., Before EASTERBROOK, ROVNER, and DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Stephen E. Eberhardt (argued), Crestwood, IL, for Petitioner-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• David H. Iskowich (argued), Office of Attorney, General, Criminal Appeals Division, Chicago, IL, for Respondents-Appellees.