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UNITED STATES EX REL. SMITH v. LANE

No. 85-2091.

794 F.2d 287 (1986)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Leroy SMITH, Jr., Petitioner-Appellant, v. Michael P. LANE, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 24, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan G. Feibus, Chicago, Ill., for petitioner-appellant.

Sally L. Dilgart, Criminal Appeals Div., Ill. Atty. Gen., Chicago, Ill., for respondent-appellee.

Before BAUER, WOOD and EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges.

HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.

Illinois state prisoner Leroy Smith, Jr. appeals from the district court's denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus, 609 F.Supp. 656, filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Smith challenges his 1977 convictions for attempted murder and possession of cannabis on Sixth Amendment grounds, arguing that he received "court-induced" ineffective assistance of counsel at trial. In particular...

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