Habeas Relief – Sufficiency of Evidence

By: Derek Hawkins//February 21, 2022//

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7^th Circuit Court of Appeals

Case Name: Mark Anderson v. Deanna Brookhart

Case No.: 20-3330

Officials: KANNE, BRENNAN, and KIRSCH, Circuit Judges.

Focus: Habeas Relief – Sufficiency of Evidence

An Illinois jury found Mark Anderson guilty of murdering one man outside a Chicago sandwich shop and shooting at another who had fled. Anderson seeks habeas relief, arguing that the jury lacked sufficient evidence to convict him of shooting towards the man who had fled and that the Illinois Appellate Court unreasonably applied Supreme Court precedent in ruling otherwise. Because the Illinois Appellate Court reasonably applied Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S. 307 (1979), in upholding Anderson’s conviction, we affirm the denial of habeas relief.

Affirmed
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Derek A Hawkins is Corporate Counsel, at Salesforce.

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