United States Seventh Circuit

Denial of petition for habeas relief is affirmed over defendant's claim that a Wisconsin Court violated the double jeopardy clause of the Fifth Amendment by imposing consecutive sentences for felony murder and the lesser included felony of armed robbery where petitioner failed to file for relief within the applicable limitations period.

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/10/2006
• Decided 04/13/2007
• Published 04/13/2007

Judges

• ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, Circuit Judge., Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and RIPPLE and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Matthew A. Zapf, Steven Henley Locher (argued), Goldberg, Kohn, Bell, Black, Rosenbloom & Moritz, Chicago, IL, for Petitioner-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Katherine L. Tripp (argued), Office of the Attorney General Wisconsin Department of Justice, Madison, WI, for Respondent-Appellee.