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GAINES v. THIERET

No. 85 C 10386

665 F.Supp. 1342 (1987)

Dickey GAINES, Petitioner, v. James THIERET, Warden, Respondent.

United States District Court, N.D.Illinois, E.D.

August 5, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David J. Bradford, Macarthur Justice Center, Niles, Ill., Jeffrey D. Colman, Terri L. Mascherin, Robert S. Markin, Jenner & Block, Chicago, Ill., for petitioner.

Mark Rotert, Atty. Gen. of Illinois, Chicago, Ill., Neil F. Hartigan, Joan Cherry, Richard M. Daley, Office of Cook County State's Atty., Richard J. Daley Center, Chicago, Ill., for respondent.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

PLUNKETT, District Judge.

Dickey Gaines, a/k/a Dickie Gaines ("Petitioner"), is currently incarcerated at the Menard Correctional Center under a sentence of death. He brought this habeas corpus action pursuant 28 U.S.C. § 2254 to redress what he claims are errors of constitutional magnitude at his trial and sentencing hearing. Petitioner raises some twenty-two alleged violations of his constitutional rights.

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