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WATSON v. CAMP

No. 87-2132.

848 F.2d 89 (1988)

Earvil WATSON, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Althea CAMP, Warden, Graham Correctional Center, Respondent-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 31, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David E. Bindi, Atty. Gen. of Illinois, Chicago, Ill., for respondent-appellant.

Lawrence Bapst, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Springfield, Ill., for petitioner-appellee.

Before CUDAHY, FLAUM and EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges.

CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner was convicted in Illinois state court of residential burglary and theft; he was sentenced to fifteen years imprisonment. At Watson's trial, the court improperly denied him a peremptory challenge. Illinois law provides that each party shall have an additional peremptory challenge for each alternate juror. Ill.Rev.Stat. ch. 38, para. 115-4(g) (1985).1 Since one alternate was selected at Watson's trial each...

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