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U.S. EX REL. KUBAT v. THIERET

No. 87 C 8423.

679 F.Supp. 788 (1988)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Robert KUBAT, Petitioner, v. James THIERET, et al., Respondents.

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

February 25, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan Haile, James Craven, P.C., Jane Raley, Asst. Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Fourth Judicial Dist., Springfield, Ill., for petitioner.

Neil F. Hartigan, Atty. Gen., State of Ill. by David E. Bindi and Jack Donatelli, Asst. Attys. Gen., Chicago, Ill., for respondents.

MEMORANDUM ORDER

BUA, District Judge.

This case presents this court with a rare opportunity to confront some unique and significant legal issues. Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d), petitioner in this case seeks a writ of habeas corpus vacating his convictions and death sentence. His habeas petition marks only the third time since the enactment of the revised Illinois death penalty statute in 1977 that an Illinois defendant has asked a federal district...

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