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UNITED STATES EX REL. VEAL v. DeROBERTIS

No. 80 C 0128.

586 F.Supp. 19 (1984)

UNITED STATES of America, ex rel. Johnny VEAL, Plaintiff, v. Richard DeROBERTIS, Warden, Defendant.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, E.D.

March 29, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sam Adam, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff.

Kenneth A. Fedinets, Asst. Atty. Gen. Crim. Justice Div., Chicago, Ill., for defendant.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

ASPEN, District Judge:

Johnny Veal ("Veal") was convicted in Illinois state court for the July 17, 1970 murders of two Chicago police officers. Veal petitioned this Court for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254(a), alleging several violations of his constitutional rights. We found that Veal was entitled to habeas relief because the state trial court's refusal to allow Veal's alibi witnesses to testify violated...

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