UNITED STATES EX REL. LITTLE v. TWOMEY

No. 71-1743.

477 F.2d 767 (1973)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Alexander LITTLE, Petitioner-Appellant, v. John J. TWOMEY, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 19, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James R. Streicker, Chicago, Ill., for petitioner-appellant.

William J. Scott, Atty. Gen., Michael J. Murphy, Chicago, Ill., for respondent-appellee.

Before FAIRCHILD, PELL and STEVENS, Circuit Judges.


PELL, Circuit Judge.

Appellant Alexander Little, presently in state custody under two concurrent 20 to 40 year sentences for murder and robbery, appeals from the denial of a writ of habeas corpus. The district court in a preliminary order of November 10, 1970, dismissed all but two of Little's numerous claims,1 having determined that he had not exhausted his state court remedies as to such dismissed claims by his appeal to the Illinois...

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