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DENTLY v. LANE

No. 80-1183.

665 F.2d 113 (1981)

Clement DENTLY, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Michael P. LANE, et al., Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided November 10, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gail A. Niemann, Chicago, Ill., for petitioner-appellant.

Michael Accettura, Asst. Atty. Gen., Springfield, Ill., for respondents-appellees.

Before SWYGERT, Senior Circuit Judge, SPRECHER, Circuit Judge, and CRABB, District Judge.

SPRECHER, Circuit Judge.

Clement Dently filed a petition in federal district court for a writ of habeas corpus. Dently claimed that he was denied his right to the effective assistance of counsel because his attorney had a conflict of interest and performed incompetently. The district court denied the petition without holding an evidentiary hearing. Dently v. Lane, No. 78-2327 (S.D.Ill. Apr. 24, 1979). We vacate the order of the district court and remand for...

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