UNITED STATES EX REL. ADMS v. BENSINGER

No. 73-1531.

507 F.2d 390 (1974)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. John B. ADAMS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Peter BENSINGER, Director, Department of Corrections, and John Twomey, Warden, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 10, 1974.

Certiorari Denied April 14, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ivan E. Bodensteiner, Max G. Messman (Law Student), Valparaiso, Ind., for petitioner-appellant.

William J. Scott, Atty. Gen., Steven J. Rosenberg, Asst. Atty. Gen., Chicago, Ill., for respondents-appellees.

Before SWYGERT, Chief Judge and FAIRCHILD and SPRECHER, Circuit Judges.


Certiorari Denied April 14, 1975. See 95 S.Ct. 1589.

SWYGERT, Chief Judge.

This appeal represents what we hope will be the last major step in a seven year legal battle to have the federal courts consider the merits of petitioner John B. Adams' claim for habeas corpus relief.

In 1963 petitioner, with two co-defendants, was convicted of murder in an Illinois court and sentenced to a prison term of thirty-five to seventy years. On direct appeal to the...

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