UNITED STATES EX REL. KARR v. WOLFF

No. 83-1459.

732 F.2d 615 (1984)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Gary Paul KARR, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Dennis WOLFF, Warden, Joliet Correctional Center, Joliet, Illinois, Respondent-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 26, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael V. Accettura, Ill. Asst. Atty. Gen., Chicago, Ill., for respondent-appellant.

Lance Haddix, Chicago, Ill., for petitioner-appellee.

Before CUMMINGS, Chief Judge, WOOD, Circuit Judge, and GRANT, Senior District Judge.


HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.

The State of Illinois appeals the decision of the district court granting petitioner Gary Paul Karr federal habeas corpus relief for violation of his fifth amendment right to counsel. The district court relied on Edwards v. Arizona, 451 U.S. 477, 101 S.Ct. 1880, 68 L.Ed.2d 378 (1981), as the basis for its judgment. The United States Supreme Court, however, has subsequently ruled that the legal...

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