SWYGERT, Chief Judge.
This is an appeal from a denial of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed under the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Two questions are presented: (1) whether the case has been mooted, and (2) if not, whether a state appellate tribunal is bound by a prior federal court decision holding a municipal penal ordinance unconstitutional.
The petitioner, Richard Lawrence, was found guilty by a jury in the Circuit Court of Cook County...
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