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UNITED STATES EX REL. WILSON v. WARDEN CANNON, ETC.

No. 76-1050.

538 F.2d 1272 (1976)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Clarence Eugene WILSON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. WARDEN CANNON, STATEVILLE PENITENTIARY, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 28, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Klenk, Chicago, Ill., for petitioner-appellant.

Clarence E. Wilson, pro se.

William J. Scott, Atty. Gen., Jayne Carr, Asst. Atty. Gen., Chicago, Ill., for respondent-appellee.

Before TONE and BAUER, Circuit Judges, and CAMPBELL, Senior District Judge.

BAUER, Circuit Judge.

Clarence Wilson appeals from an order denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus, primarily contending that he was deprived of his right to due process of law through the prosecution's knowing use of perjured testimony to obtain his conviction.

Wilson was convicted in the Circuit Court of Wayne County, Illinois, of murder, felony murder, and attempted burglary. Before sentencing, the prosecution nolle prossed the felony murder...

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