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UNITED STATES EX REL. CRIST v. LANE

No. 83-3289.

745 F.2d 476 (1984)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Gilbert CRIST, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Michael LANE, Respondent-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 1, 1984.

As Amended on Denial of Rehearing and Rehearing December 14, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hugh Stevens, Public Defender of Cook County, Chicago, Ill., for petitioner-appellee.

David E. Bindi, Asst. Atty. Gen., Chicago, Ill., for respondent-appellant.

Before WOOD and COFFEY, Circuit Judges, and HENLEY, Senior Circuit Judge.

As Amended on Denial of Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc December 14, 1984.

COFFEY, Circuit Judge.

This appeal arises from the granting of a writ of habeas corpus in which the petitioner alleges his convictions for attempted murder, armed robbery, and armed violence were improper because of questionable comments by the prosecutor during closing argument. We reverse the decision of the district court.

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On the afternoon of June 27, 1980, the...

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