UNITED STATES EX REL. WILLIAMS v. BROWN

No. 81-2382.

721 F.2d 1115 (1983)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Randolph WILLIAMS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Joseph BROWN, Sheriff of Champaign County, Illinois, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided November 21, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ellen M. Babbitt, Butler, Rubin, Newcomer, Saltarelli & Boyd, Chicago, Ill., for petitioner-appellant.

David E. Krchak, Urbana, Ill., for respondent-appellee.

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


GRANT, Senior District Judge.

Petitioner-Appellant Randolph Williams appeals from the district court's denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus in which he alleged that he was denied effective assistance of counsel in violation of the Sixth Amendment.

Facts

In a two-count information filed on April 25, 1979, the State of Illinois charged petitioner Williams with theft of a pickup truck and disorderly conduct (knowingly filing a false...

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