By: Derek Hawkins//May 2, 2017//
7th Circuit Court of Appeals
Case Name: Triandus Tabb v. Tim Christianson
Case No.: 16-1826
Officials: WOOD, Chief Judge, and POSNER and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges.
Focus: Witness Identification
On September 6, 2003, at 1:20 p.m., Salvador Gomez stopped his car at a red light at a Chicago intersection. Through the driver-side window, a man approached and tried to steal his car. When Mr. Gomez would not yield, the attacker shot him three times. Mr. Gomez survived. He later identified petitioner Triandus Tabb as the shooter. Tabb was convicted in Illinois state court of attempted first-degree murder, aggravated battery with a firearm, and attempted aggravated vehicular hijacking. At trial, the crux of the State’s evidence was the victim’s identification of Tabb. Over the long course of state and federal court proceedings in his case, Tabb finished his prison sentence but is still under mandatory supervised release. He now appeals the denial of his habeas corpus petition challenging his conviction.
Affirmed