UNITED STATES EX REL. ENOCH v. HARTIGAN

No. 84-1366.

768 F.2d 161 (1985)

UNITED STATES of America, ex rel. Jimmie ENOCH, Melvin Enoch, and Robert Enoch, Petitioners-Appellees, v. Neil F. HARTIGAN, Attorney General of the State of Illinois, Respondent-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 18, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael V. Accettura, Asst. Atty. Gen., Springfield, Ill., for petitioners-appellees.

Jeffrey R. Martin, Cook County Public Defender, Chicago, Ill., for respondent-appellant.

Before BAUER, Circuit Judge, POSNER, Circuit Judge, and CAMPBELL, Senior District Judge.


WILLIAM J. CAMPBELL, Senior District Judge.

This is an appeal from a district court decision reported at 581 F.Supp. 423 (D.C.Ill.1984) which grants a habeas corpus petition to three Illinois state criminal defendants. The petitioners are three brothers: Jimmie, Melvin and Robert Enoch. After a jury trial, they were convicted of rape and aggravated assault. The convictions were affirmed by the Illinois appellate court. See

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