UNITED STATES v. PATE

No. 15830.

375 F.2d 289 (1967)

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

United States Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit.

March 30, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Julius Lucius Echeles, Howard W. Minn, Warren Wolfson, Chicago, Ill., for appellant.

William G. Clark, Atty. Gen. of Illinois, Phillip Rock, Asst. Atty. Gen., Chicago, Ill., Richard A. Michael, Asst. Atty. Gen., of counsel, for appellee.

Before HASTINGS, Chief Judge, and KILEY and CUMMINGS, Circuit Judges.


HASTINGS, Chief Judge.

Robert Hartgraves has appealed from the federal district court's denial, without an evidentiary hearing, of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus.

In 1963, Hartgraves was convicted and sentenced to a term of four to eight years imprisonment by the Criminal Court of Cook County, Illinois for the crime of arson. He is presently confined as a prisoner of Illinois.

Prior to his trial, the trial court held a lengthy hearing upon...

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