WILKS v. ISRAEL

No. 79-2504.

627 F.2d 32 (1980)

James Edward WILKS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Thomas ISRAEL, Warden, Wisconsin State Prison, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 22, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melvin Greenberg, First Asst. Wisconsin State Public Defender, Madison, Wis., for petitioner-appellant.

William L. Gansner, U. S. Magistrate, W. D. Wisconsin, Madison, Wis., for respondent-appellee.

Before PELL and WOOD, Circuit Judges, and BAKER, District Judge.


HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.

Following his conviction for attempted murder in a Wisconsin state court, petitioner James Edward Wilks sought a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The federal district court refused to issue the writ and petitioner appealed. On appeal petitioner contends that he was denied his constitutional right to counsel, that the refusal of the state trial judge to recuse himself from the case deprived petitioner of...

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