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JOHNSON v. CHRANS

No. 87-2025.

844 F.2d 482 (1988)

Larry M. JOHNSON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. James A. CHRANS, Warden, Pontiac Correctional Center, and Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General of Illinois, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 21, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary R. Peterson, Asst. Defender, Springfield, Ill., for petitioner-appellant.

Joan G. Fickinger, Asst. Atty. Gen., Chicago, Ill., for respondents-appellees.

Before WOOD and CUDAHY, Circuit Judges, and WILL, Senior District Judge.

CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner, Larry Johnson, convicted of two counts of murder and one of attempted murder, filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in federal district court. He contended that he was denied his constitutional rights to due process and a fair trial when the state court excluded as hearsay relevant and reliable evidence tending to show that another person had committed the crimes. The district court denied the petition and Johnson appeals...

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