Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit July 21, 2006, 05-1238 (Lawrence White v. Deirdre Battaglia, Warden)

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POSNER, Circuit Judge.

In 1996 Lawrence White pleaded guilty in an Illinois state court to first-degree murder. At a hearing to determine whether he could be sentenced to death, the judge found that White, who had waived his right to have a jury answer that question, could be because he was guilty of felony murder.