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WILLIAMS v. LANE

No. 86-2842.

826 F.2d 654 (1987)

Robert Lee WILLIAMS, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Michael LANE, Director, Department of Corrections, and Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General of the State of Illinois, Respondents-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 13, 1987.

Rehearing Denied September 3, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alison Edward, Asst. Pub. Defender, Chicago, Ill., for petitioner-appellee.

Sally L. Dilgart, Office of Illinois Atty. Gen., Chicago, Ill., for respondents-appellants.

Before CUMMINGS and POSNER, Circuit Judges, and FAIRCHILD, Senior Circuit Judge.

CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner was convicted in an Illinois circuit court of rape and unlawful restraint and sentenced to terms of imprisonment of ten and three years respectively. The Illinois Appellate Court (1st Dist.) affirmed the rape conviction but vacated the conviction and sentence for unlawful restraint. The Illinois Supreme Court subsequently denied leave to appeal. Petitioner proceeded to file a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in federal district...

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