United States Seventh Circuit

Petition for habeas corpus is denied where: 1) a recent Indiana Supreme Court decision did not apply to the facts of defendant's case; 2) revisions to death penalty statute could have been used for arguments in first petition; 3) the claim did not meet requirements for bringing a successive petition; and 4) habeas courts lack jurisdiction over state supreme court interpretations of state law.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/31/2006
• Published 05/31/2006

Judges

• PER CURIAM., Before RIPPLE, KANNE, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Alan M. Freedman, Midwest Center for Justice, Evanston, IL, Laurence E. Komp, Manchester, MO, for Petitioner-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Stephen R. Creason, Steven Carter, Office of the Attorney General, Indianapolis, IN, for Respondent-Appellee.