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UNITED STATES EX REL. SINGLETON v. WOODS

No. 18391.

440 F.2d 835 (1971)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Charles SINGLETON, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Joseph I. WOODS, Sheriff of Cook County, Respondent-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

February 18, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward V. Hanrahan, State's Atty., Joseph Romano, Chicago, Ill., for respondent-appellant; Robert A. Novelle, Asst. State's Atty., of counsel.

James Brian Haddad, Tyrone C. Fahner, Chicago, Ill., for petitioner-appellee.

Before MAJOR, Senior Circuit Judge, and KERNER and PELL, Circuit Judges.

KERNER, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner-appellee Charles Singleton was convicted of criminal trespass to vehicle, a misdemeanor. He was sentenced to one year in Cook County Jail. Four months later, Singleton petitioned the Illinois Appellate Court for leave to file a late notice of appeal, stating under oath that neither the trial judge nor court-appointed counsel had advised him of his right to appeal and further swearing that he was in fact ignorant of this right. The...

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