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UNITED STATES EX REL. WILLIAMS v. MORRIS

Nos. 77 C 2402, 77 C 2184 and 77 C 1937.

447 F.Supp. 95 (1978)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Lawrence WILLIAMS, Petitioner, v. Ernest MORRIS, Warden, Respondent. UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Oscar SOUTHALL, Petitioner, v. Thaddeus E. PINKNEY, Warden, Pontiac Correctional Center, Respondent. UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Emanuel WILLIAMS, Petitioner, v. PEOPLE OF the STATE OF ILLINOIS, Respondents.

United States District Court, N. D. Illinois, E. D.

On Motion to Reconsider January 27, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence Williams, pro se.

Oscar Southall, pro se.

Emanuel Williams, pro se.

William J. Scott, Atty. Gen. of Ill., Melbourne A. Noel, Asst. Atty. Gen., Chicago, Ill., Patrick J. Calihan, Asst. Atty. Gen., Chicago, Ill. (L. Williams and O. Southall cases), Michael B. Weinstein, Asst. Atty. Gen., Chicago, Ill. (E. Williams case) for respondents.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

MARSHALL, District Judge.

In United States ex rel. Baker v. Finkbeiner, 551 F.2d 180 (7th Cir. 1977), the Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit held that the failure of the state prosecutor and trial judge to advise a state criminal defendant of a mandatory parole term which automatically attached to his sentence created a constitutional defect in his guilty plea and warranted habeas relief....

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