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U.S. EX REL. GENTRY v. CIRCUIT COURT, ETC.

No. 78-1514.

586 F.2d 1142 (1978)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. John W. GENTRY, Petitioner-Appellant, v. The CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, MUNICIPAL DIVISION, FIRST MUNICIPAL DISTRICT, Richard J. Elrod, Sheriff of Cook County, Illinois and Charles Rowe, Director, Department of Corrections, State of Illinois, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided November 15, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond H. R. Silvertrust, Chicago, Ill., for petitioner-appellant.

Mary Ellen Dienes, Asst. State's Atty., Chicago, Ill., for respondents-appellees.

Before SPRECHER and TONE, Circuit Judges, and KILKENNY, Senior Circuit Judge.

KILKENNY, Circuit Judge.

Gentry appeals from the judgment of the district court denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. We affirm.

PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Appellant was arrested on October 8, 1974, and charged with disorderly conduct in violation of the Chicago Municipal Code and with resisting arrest in violation of the Illinois Criminal Code. After retaining private counsel, appellant demanded a jury trial and the case was assigned to the...

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