UNITED STATES EX REL. WILLIAMS v. TWOMEY

No. 71-1682.

467 F.2d 1248 (1972)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Ruben WILLIAMS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. John TWOMEY and Peter Bensinger, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 18, 1972.

Rehearing Denied November 9, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James B. Haddad, Chicago, Ill., for petitioner-appellant.

William J. Scott, Atty. Gen., James B. Zagel, Robert E. Davison, Asst. Attys. Gen., Chicago, Ill., for appellees.

Before SWYGERT, Chief Judge, PELL, Circuit Judge, and DILLIN, District Judge.


DILLIN, District Judge.

Ruben Williams appeals from a decision of the court below denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus, brought pursuant to Title 28 U.S.C. § 2254. We reverse.

Appellant was convicted in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois of the murder of Robert R. Fleming and sentenced to imprisonment for not less than thirty-five nor more than fifty years in the Illinois State Penitentiary. He appealed, primarily on the grounds that...

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