UNITED STATES EX REL. WILLIAMS v. MORRIS

Nos. 78-1321, 78-1322, 78-1323 and 78-1380.

594 F.2d 614 (1979)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Lawrence WILLIAMS, Oscar Southall, Bernard May and Emanuel Williams, Petitioners-Appellees, v. Ernest MORRIS, Warden, Stateville Correctional Center, Thaddeus E. Pinkney, Warden, Pontiac Correctional Center, and People of the State of Illinois, Respondents-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 13, 1979.

As Amended March 28, 1979.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied April 17, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael B. Weinstein, Asst. Atty. Gen., Chicago, Ill., for respondents-appellants.

Martha M. Jenkins, Chicago, Ill., for petitioners-appellees.

Before SPRECHER, BAUER and WOOD, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied April 17, 1979.

HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.

Four habeas corpus petitions arising out of pleas of guilty in accordance with plea agreements in state prosecutions have been consolidated on appeal. Judge Marshall granted the writs as to petitioners Lawrence Williams, Oscar Southall and Emanuel Williams.1 Judge Flaum granted the writ as to petitioner...

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