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UNITED STATES, ETC. v. PEOPLE OF STATE OF ILL.

No. 78-2296.

619 F.2d 668 (1980)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Clinton BURNETT, Petitioner-Appellant, v. PEOPLE OF the STATE OF ILLINOIS, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

April 22, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Shepard, Chicago, Ill., for petitioner-appellant.

Neal B. Goodfriend, Asst. Atty. Gen., Chicago, Ill., for respondent-appellee.

Before CUMMINGS and PELL, Circuit Judges, and GRANT, Senior District Judge.

PELL, Circuit Judge.

The petitioner appeals from the judgment of the district court dismissing his petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 for relief from his 1973 Illinois conviction. In the district court the petitioner set forth several grounds for relief, three of which are the principal subjects of his appeal. According to the petitioner, he was denied due process by his trial before an eleven-member jury, by the use of perjured testimony, and by the prosecutor...

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