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DORTCH v. O'LEARY

No. 87-1914.

863 F.2d 1337 (1988)

Leodis DORTCH, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Michael O'LEARY and Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General of Illinois, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 13, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melvin Avanzado, Law Student, Notre Dame, Ind., for petitioner-appellant.

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

Before BAUER, Chief Judge, and WOOD, and COFFEY, Circuit Judges.

COFFEY, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner Leodis Dortch appeals the order of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois denying his petition for writ of habeas corpus. The petitioner was found guilty of murder and attempted armed robbery after a jury trial and sentenced to 28 years' imprisonment. The Appellate Court of Illinois affirmed the judgment of the trial court, People v. Dortch, 109 Ill.App.3d 761

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