UNITED STATES v. RANDOLPH

No. 13368.

297 F.2d 803 (1962)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. James WRIGHT, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Ross V. RANDOLPH, Warden, Illinois State Penitentiary, Menard Branch, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit.

January 9, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Blair White, Chicago, Ill., for appellant.

William C. Wines, Asst. Atty. Gen., William G. Clark, Atty. Gen., Raymond S. Sarnow, A. Zola Groves, Aubrey Kaplan, Asst. Attys. Gen., of counsel, for appellee.

Before SCHNACKENBERG, CASTLE and KILEY, Circuit Judges.


SCHNACKENBERG, Circuit Judge.

James Wright, relator, has appealed from an order of the district court denying relator's petition for a writ of habeas corpus.

On December 30, 1952, in the Criminal Court of Cook County, Illinois, relator, then represented by his attorney, Norman R. Silverman, entered a plea of guilty to charges of robbery alleged in two indictments. He was convicted on his plea, and the court held a hearing as to matters of aggravation and mitigation...

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