UNITED STATES EX REL. CLARK v. FIKE

No. 75-1787.

538 F.2d 750 (1976)

UNITED STATES ex rel. Charles CLARK, Petitioner-Appellant, v. James FIKE, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 13, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lee H. Tockman, Chicago, Ill., for petitioner-appellant.

William J. Scott, Atty. Gen., George C. Sorensen, Asst. Atty. Gen., Chicago, Ill., for appellee.

Before CUMMINGS, PELL and SPRECHER, Circuit Judges.


SPRECHER, Circuit Judge.

This habeas corpus case primarily concerns instances of prosecutorial misconduct committed during petitioner's trial in state court which allegedly deprived petitioner of a fair trial.

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The petitioner, Charles Clark, was convicted and sentenced to death for the 1967 murder of an off-duty Chicago policeman killed near a southside shopping center. On direct appeal to the Illinois Supreme Court, his conviction was affirmed...

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