UNITED STATES EX REL. DEVINE v. DeROBERTIS

No. 83-1796.

754 F.2d 764 (1985)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Jerry DEVINE, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Richard DeROBERTIS and the Attorney General of the State of Illinois, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 12, 1985.

Rehearing Denied April 8, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Schroeder, Emory A. Tate & Associates, Chicago, Ill., for petitioner-appellant.

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

Before CUDAHY, POSNER and COFFEY, Circuit Judges.


COFFEY, Circuit Judge.

The petitioner appeals the district court's denial of his petition for habeas corpus. We affirm.

I.

The petitioner, Jerry Devine, was convicted of the crime of murder by a jury in the Circuit Court of Cook County Illinois and was sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than 60 years nor more than 150 years. The petitioner appealed to the Illinois Appellate Court arguing that the trial court erred by: (1) failing to...

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