In a case involving a violent armed robbery of a MacDonald’s restaurant, grant of a petition for writ of habeas corpus is reversed where: 1) the challenged questions asked by the prosecution at trial did not transgress the holding of Doyle; and 2) the state appellate court analysis of the harmless error question was a reasonable application of the Chapman standard.
Read Johnson v. Acevedo, No. 08-1731
Appellate InformationAppeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division.Argued: September 3, 2008Decided: July 14, 2009
JudgesBefore EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and CUDAHY and SYKES, Circuit Judges.Opinion by EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge.
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