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UNITED STATES EX REL. COLE v. LANE

No. 84-2606.

793 F.2d 155 (1986)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Rickie COLE, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Michael LANE, Director, State of Illinois Department of Corrections, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 11, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Lanahan, Office of Public Defender of Cook County, Chicago, Ill., for petitioner.

Kenneth A. Fedinets, Office of the Ill. Atty. Gen., Chicago, Ill., for respondent.

Before CUDAHY, FLAUM and EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

Rickie Cole was convicted of murder. The only issue in this collateral attack on the conviction is whether his confession is involuntary because obtained by use of (unkept) promises of lenity.

Cole contended that while he was in custody a police officer told him that he should confess, because if he did so he would be charged with manslaughter rather than murder. He confessed and was charged with murder. He also maintained that but for this promise...

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