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UNITED STATES EX REL. BURTON v. GREER

No. 80-1840.

643 F.2d 466 (1981)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. John Morgan BURTON, III, Petitioner-Appellee, v. James GREER, Warden, Menard Correctional Center, Respondent-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 9, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Fitzgerald, Chicago, Ill., for respondent-appellant.

Kenneth N. Flaxman, Chicago, Ill., for petitioner-appellee.

Before BAUER, CUDAHY, Circuit Judges, and BARTELS, Senior District Judge.

BAUER, Circuit Judge.

Respondent James Greer, Warden of Menard Correctional Center, Illinois, appeals from the district court order granting petitioner-appellee John Morgan Burton, III's petition for a writ of habeas corpus. We reverse.

Burton was arrested in 1972 and charged with murder. A pretrial suppression hearing was conducted to determine whether two statements made by Burton on April 27, 1972, were voluntary. Six police personnel who were at the police...

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