UNITED STATES EX REL. VEAL v. DeROBERTIS

No. 81-2984.

693 F.2d 642 (1982)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Johnny VEAL, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Richard DeROBERTIS, Respondent-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided November 17, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel M. Harris, Asst. Atty. Gen., Chicago, Ill., for petitioner-appellant.

Sam Adam, Chicago, Ill., for respondent-appellant.

Before CUDAHY, COFFEY, Circuit Judges, and GRANT, Senior District Judge.


GRANT, Senior District Judge.

This is an appeal from the district court's granting of petitioner Johnny Veal's request for habeas corpus relief. United States ex rel. Veal v. Wolff, 529 F.Supp. 713 (N.D.Ill.1981). While his original petition raised several separate grounds for relief, the district court addressed and relied on only one. It concluded that Veal's constitutional rights were violated when the state trial court...

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