UNITED STATES EX REL. EDWARDS v. WARDEN, ETC.

No. 81-1762.

676 F.2d 254 (1982)

UNITED STATES of America, ex rel. Clarke Clinton EDWARDS, Petitioners-Appellants, v. WARDEN, UNITED STATES PENITENTIARY, TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 15, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick F. Cohn, Frederick F. Cohn, Ltd., Chicago, Ill., for petitioners-appellants.

Phillip A. Turner, Asst. U. S. Atty., Dan K. Webb, U. S. Atty., Chicago, Ill., for respondents-appellees; Robert Walter Tarun, Asst. U. S. Atty., Deputy Chief Crim. Receiving and Appellate Div., Chicago, Ill., of counsel.

Before BAUER, Circuit Judge, MARKEY, Chief Judge, and POSNER, Circuit Judge.


MARKEY, Chief Judge.

The decision of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois denying the motion of Clarke C. Edwards (Edwards) to set aside his conviction under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 is affirmed.

Background

On December 16, 1975, a Grand Jury indicted Edwards for possession with intent to distribute and conspiracy to distribute a mixture containing heroin in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1). On June...

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