United States Seventh Circuit

Because review under 28 U.S.C. section 2254(d)(1) is severely restricted, the district court judgment conditionally granting prisoner's writ of habeas must be reversed. The Illinois Supreme Court's conclusion that the record as a whole did not compel a finding of intentional discrimination in the use of peremptory challenges is not so unsupported as to be branded "unreasonable."

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/16/2004
• Published 01/16/2004

Judges

• DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge., Before COFFEY, DIANE P. WOOD, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Alan M. Freedman,Carol R. Heise, Midwest Center for Justice, Evanston, IL, for Petitioner-Appellee in 00-3778., Lisa A. Hoffman, Office of the Attorney General, Chicago, IL, Judy L. DeAngelis, Cook County State's Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Respondents-Appellants in 00-3778., Alan M. Freedman, Carol R. Heise, Midwest Center for Justice, Evanston, IL, for Petitioner-Appellee in 00-3834., Lisa A. Hoffman, Office of the Attorney General, Chicago, IL, Judy L. DeAngelis, Cook County State's Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Respondents-Appellants in 00-3834.