United States Seventh Circuit

Court affirmed grant of plaintiff's habeas petition based on juror misconduct, and the judge's failure to remedy such misconduct at his highly publicized trial for bank robbery and murder.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/03/2003
• Decided 06/29/2004
• Published 06/29/2004

Judges

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

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Jerome F. Buting (argued), Buting & Williams, Brookfield, WI, for Petitioner-Appellee., Warren D. Weinstein (argued), Office of the Attorney General, Wisconsin Department of Justice, Madison, WI, for Respondent-Appellant.