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LEWIS v. LANE

Nos. 87-1103, 87-1171.

832 F.2d 1446 (1987)

Cornelius LEWIS, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Michael LANE and James Thieret, Illinois Department of Corrections, Respondents-Appellants. Cornelius LEWIS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Michael LANE, Director of the Illinois Department of Corrections, and James Thieret, Warden of Menard Correctional Center, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided November 4, 1987.

Rehearing Denied December 9, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Steven Beckett, Reno O'Byrne & Kepley, Champaign, Ill., for petitioner-appellee.

Jack Donatelli, Asst. Atty. Gen., Chicago, Ill., for respondents-appellants.

Before CUMMINGS, CUDAHY, and COFFEY, Circuit Judges.

CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner, Cornelius Lewis, his sister, Bernice Lewis, and Willie Sangster were indicted in Macon County, Illinois, on February 21, 1979, and charged with the offenses of murder, armed robbery, and aggravated kidnapping in connection with the robbery of the Citizens National Bank in Decatur, Illinois, on December 14, 1978, during which a bank security guard was shot and killed. Sangster's case was continued and petitioner and his sister Bernice...

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