UNITED STATES EX REL. ADKINS v. GREER

No. 84-2641.

791 F.2d 590 (1986)

UNITED STATES of America, ex rel. William ADKINS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. James GREER and Attorney General of Illinois, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 27, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alvin M. Binder, Binder Milner & Keyes, Jackson, Miss., for petitioner-appellant.

Mark L. Rotert, Asst. U.S. Atty., East St. Louis, Ill., for respondents-appellees.

Before CUDAHY, COFFEY and FLAUM, Circuit Judges.


CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.

William Adkins appeals from the district court's denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. He argues that the state trial judge should not have ruled that inculpatory statements obtained by police in violation of Adkins' constitutional rights were admissible to impeach his testimony at trial. He also asserts that the prosecutor's closing argument violated his privilege against self-incrimination by calling attention to his failure...

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