GARRETT v. STATE OF ILL.

No. 78-2568.

612 F.2d 1038 (1980)

Sammy GARRETT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 7, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur J. O'Donnell, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

Myra Turner, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellee.

Before FAIRCHILD, Chief Circuit Judge, BAUER, Circuit Judge, and CAMPBELL, Senior District Judge.


BAUER, Circuit Judge.

Appellant was convicted of murder and unlawful use of weapons in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois in 1970. He was sentenced to concurrent terms of 20 to 40 years for the murder convictions and one to five years for the weapons conviction. The Illinois Supreme Court reversed the murder conviction in 1975. People v. Garrett, 62 Ill.2d 151, 339 N.E.2d 753...

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