UNITED STATES EX REL. ALLEN v. STATE OF ILLINOIS

No. 17166.

413 F.2d 232 (1969)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. William ALLEN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. STATE OF ILLINOIS, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit.

Rehearing Denied August 12, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Reed Harris, Chicago, Ill., for appellant.

William J. Scott, Atty. Gen. of Ill., Thomas J. Immel, Chicago, Ill., for appellee; James R. Thompson, Asst. Atty. Gen., of counsel.

Before HASTINGS, Senior Circuit Judge and KILEY and SWYGERT, Circuit Judges.


SWYGERT, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from the district court's dismissal of a habeas corpus petition filed by William Allen who is presently serving a ten to thirty year sentence in the Illinois State Penitentiary. The sentence was imposed by the Criminal Court of Cook County following the petitioner's conviction for armed robbery.

The question presented is whether the petitioner was denied his constitutional rights under the sixth amendment by reason...

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