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UNITED STATES EX REL. ADAMS v. PATE

No. 16796.

418 F.2d 815 (1969)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. John ADAMS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Frank J. PATE, Warden, Illinois State Penitentiary, Joliet, Illinois, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit.

November 5, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Russell J. Hoover, Chicago, Ill., John Adams, pro se, for petitioner-appellant.

William J. Scott, Atty. Gen. of Illinois, Chicago, Ill., for respondent-appellee; John J. O'Toole, Robert F. Nix, Asst. Attys. Gen., Chicago, Ill., of counsel.

Before DUFFY, Senior Circuit Judge, and FAIRCHILD and CUMMINGS, Circuit Judges.

FAIRCHILD, Circuit Judge.

John Adams is in an Illinois penitentiary pursuant to conviction and sentence for murder. He petitioned the federal district court for habeas corpus, asserting that a confession which was used against him was not voluntarily given. His petition was denied for failure to have exhausted state remedies.

Adams and his co-defendants appealed from their convictions to the Supreme Court of Illinois.1 The opinion...

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