UNITED STATES EX REL. GREEN v. GREER

No. 81-1246.

667 F.2d 585 (1981)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. James W. GREEN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. James GREER, et al., Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 10, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick T. Driscoll, Jr., Chicago, Ill., for petitioner-appellant.

Daniel M. Harris, Chicago, Ill., for respondents-appellees.

Before SWYGERT, Senior Circuit Judge, and SPRECHER and BAUER, Circuit Judges.


SPRECHER, Circuit Judge.

Green filed a pro se habeas corpus petition in the district court, alleging that the evidence adduced in his state court murder trial was insufficient to support his conviction. The issue before us is whether the district court erred in dismissing Green's petition without first ordering and examining the trial record. We hold that an examination of the record is not required where, as here, the petitioner fails to identify any incompleteness...

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