MAJOR, Senior Circuit Judge.
Thomas Lemon (petitioner) was charged by indictment in the State Court with the sale of a narcotic drug in violation of the Illinois statutes. He was represented by court-appointed counsel (the Public Defender of Cook County), waived trial by jury and, after trial, was found guilty by the court and sentenced to the Illinois penitentiary for a minimum of ten and a maximum of twelve years (ten years was the minimum mandatory sentence in...
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