U.S. EX REL. KING v. LANE

No. 86 C 5326.

664 F.Supp. 306 (1987)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. David KING and Louis Roberson, Plaintiffs, v. Michael LANE, Director, Illinois Department of Corrections, James Fairman, Warden, Joliet Correctional Center, and James Chrans, Warden, Pontiac Correctional Center, Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, E.D.

January 6, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul J. Glaser, Office of State Appellate Defender, Elgin, Ill., for plaintiffs.

Marcia L. Friedl, Asst. Atty. Gen., Chicago, Ill., for defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

ASPEN, District Judge:

Petitioners David King and Louis Roberson filed this petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (1982) claiming that their state court convictions should be vacated because of the state's failure to disclose an alleged deal made with a prosecution witness, thus violating the Supreme Court's rule in Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83, 83 S.Ct. 1194...

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