UNITED STATES EX REL. RUSSO v. ATTY. GEN. OF ILL.

Nos. 83-1520, 84-1721.

780 F.2d 712 (1986)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Dudley James RUSSO, Petitioner-Appellant, v. ATTORNEY GENERAL OF ILLINOIS, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 7, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Emanuel M. Krakauer, Chicago, Ill., for petitioner-appellant.

Kenneth A. Fedinets, Office of Illinois Atty. Gen., Chicago, Ill., for respondent-appellee.

Before CUMMINGS, Chief Judge, WOOD, Circuit Judge, and WYATT, Senior District Judge.


PER CURIAM.

Petitioner-appellant Dudley James Russo, who initially was successful in his bid for habeas corpus relief, 28 U.S.C. § 2254, appeals from a final order of the district court denying, upon reconsideration, Russo's petition for writ of habeas corpus.

I.

Russo's claims arise out of his pleas of guilty to state charges of armed robbery and murder, tendered one day after trial began. The state court, in sentencing Russo to concurrent...

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