UNITED STATES EX REL. LAWRENCE v. FRYE

No. 15960.

406 F.2d 98 (1969)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. William LAWRENCE, Relator-Appellant, v. Max P. FRYE, Warden, Illinois State Penitentiary, Menard Branch, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit.

January 21, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Lawrence, Patrick J. Phillips, Chicago, Ill., for appellant.

William G. Clark, Atty. Gen., Donald J. Veverka, Asst. State's Atty., Chicago, Ill., for appellee, John J. O'Toole, Asst. Atty. Gen., of counsel.

Before MAJOR, Senior Circuit Judge, and SWYGERT and FAIRCHILD, Circuit Judges.


FAIRCHILD, Circuit Judge.

Application for habeas corpus by a state prisoner. After separate trials in July, 1958, William Lawrence was convicted by an Illinois court of assault with intent to murder and robbery while armed. His sentence for assault was not less than 19 nor more than 20 years imprisonment and for robbery not less than 50 years nor more than life. His petition under Illinois post-conviction procedure was ultimately denied, after hearing, July 13, 1962...

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