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ORTIZ v. DUCKWORTH

No. 80-1143.

692 F.2d 39 (1982)

Hector ORTIZ, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Jack R. DUCKWORTH, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 28, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Richard Kiefer, Indianapolis, Ind., for petitioner-appellant.

David L. Steiner, Deputy Atty. Gen., Indianapolis, Ind., for respondent-appellee.

Before SWYGERT and FAIRCHILD, Senior Circuit Judges, and CAMPBELL, Senior District Judge.

FAIRCHILD, Senior Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a denial of a writ of habeas corpus. Petitioner is in custody as a result of his conviction and sentence in an Indiana court. His sole claim is that the trial judge gave a coercive charge to the jury at 1:55 a.m. after approximately ten hours of deliberation. The relevant portion of the transcript is set out in the decision of the district court, Ortiz v. Duckworth, 482 F.Supp...

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