Lee v. Mccaughtry

RIPPLE, Circuit Judge. On January 31, 1986, a Wisconsin state-court jury found the petitioner-appellee Tony Hanif Lee guilty of one count of first degree murder, party to a crime, in violation of Wis.Stat. §§ 940.01 and 939.05. The state trial court denied post-conviction relief by written order entered December 1, 1986. The Wisconsin Court of Appeals affirmed the trial court's judgment and order, State v. Lee, No. 86-2289CR (Wis.Ct.App. Sept. 30, 1987), and the Wisconsin Supreme Court denied Mr. Lee's petition for review of that decision. State v. Lee, No. 86-2289-CR (Wis. March 8, 1988). Mr. Lee is now serving a life sentence at the Waupun Correctional Institution in Waupun, Wisconsin.