UNITED STATES EX REL. WILLIAMS v. TWOMEY

No. 74-1071.

510 F.2d 634 (1975)

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

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 15, 1975.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied March 24, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles J. Averbook, Chicago, Ill., for petitioner-appellant.

William J. Scott, Atty. Gen., Chicago, Ill., Nolan Lipsky, Asst. Atty. Gen., Springfield, Ill., for respondent-appellee.

Before SWYGERT, Chief Judge, CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge, and WYZANSKI, Senior District Judge.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied March 24, 1975.

WYZANSKI, Senior District Judge.

This is an appeal from the District Court's denial after full hearing and findings, of release on a petition for habeas corpus attacking a sentence of imprisonment for ten to twenty years imposed by the Illinois Circuit Court for Cook County following a jury verdict finding petitioner guilty of the crime of burglary of a television set. The principal issue raised here and...

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