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UNITED STATES EX REL. KNIGHTS v. WOLFF

No. 82-1198.

713 F.2d 240 (1983)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Clifford KNIGHTS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Dennis WOLFF, Warden, and William Scott, Attorney General of Illinois, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 8, 1983.

As Corrected July 25, 1983.

Certiorari Denied November 28, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maren Dougherty, Chicago, Ill., for petitioner-appellant.

Kenneth A. Fedinets, Asst. Atty. Gen., Chicago, Ill., for respondents-appellees.

Before PELL and POSNER, Circuit Judges, and JAMESON, Senior District Judge.

Certiorari Denied November 28, 1983. See 104 S.Ct. 504.

JAMESON, Senior District Judge.

Petitioner-appellant, Clifford Knights, convicted in state court of the murders of two Chicago police officers, has appealed the denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. We affirm.

I. Procedural Background

On August 25, 1971, following a jury trial, Knights was convicted in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, together with Johnny...

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