U.S. EX REL. FALCONER v. LANE

No. 89 C 4198.

720 F.Supp. 631 (1989)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Phyllis FALCONER, Prisoner No. N-67392, Petitioner, v. Michael P. LANE, Director, Department of Corrections of the State of Illinois, and Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General of the State of Illinois, Respondents.

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

August 14, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis B. Garippo, Chicago, Ill., for petitioner.

Terence Madsen, Asst. Atty. Gen., Crim. Appeals Div., Chicago, Ill., for respondents.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

BRIAN BARNETT DUFF, District Judge.

Less than a year ago, Phyllis Falconer asked this court to grant her a writ of habeas corpus following her conviction for murder in the Illinois courts. The State1 immediately moved for dismissal, insisting that she had not yet exhausted her available state remedies. After this court agreed and sent Ms. Falconer packing, United...

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