Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit March 6, 1998, No. 97-2479 (Aleman v. Honorable Judges of the Circuit Court of Cook County)

FLAUM, Circuit Judge.

Harry Aleman successfully bribed a Cook County Circuit Judge to acquit him of a murder charge in a 1977 bench trial. A grand jury returned a second indictment against Aleman on this murder charge in 1993 after evidence of the bribery surfaced. In addition, Aleman was indicted for the first time on a different murder charge.