FARMER v. PRAST

No. 82-3016.

721 F.2d 602 (1983)

Leonard E. FARMER, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Paul D. PRAST, Superintendent, and The Attorney General of the State of Wisconsin, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided November 18, 1983.

Rehearing Denied January 23, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark Lukoff, 1st Asst. State Public Defender, Milwaukee, Wis., for petitioner-appellant.

Jerome S. Schmidt, Asst. Atty. Gen., Wisconsin Dept. of Justice, Madison, Wis., for respondents-appellees.

Before WOOD and CUDAHY, Circuit Judges, and WEIGEL, District Judge.


WEIGEL, District Judge.

Leonard Farmer appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, denying his petition for writ of habeas corpus. Our jurisdiction stems from 28 U.S.C. §§ 1291 and 2253.

After jury trial in the Wisconsin Circuit Court for Milwaukee County, Farmer was convicted of one count of battery, in violation of Wis.Stat. § 940.19(1); two counts of false imprisonment, party-to-a-crime...

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