MIKEL v. THIERET

No. 86-2573.

887 F.2d 733 (1989)

Wayne S. MIKEL, Petitioner-Appellant, v. James H. THIERET, Warden, Menard Correctional Center, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 4, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard B. Eisenberg, Southern Illinois University School of Law, Carbondale, Ill., for petitioner-appellant and Wayne S. Mikel, Lincoln, Ill., petitioner-appellant, pro se.

Nathan P. Maddox, Asst. Atty. Gen., Office of the Atty. Gen. Criminal Appeals Div., Springfield, Ill., for James Thieret, respondent-appellee.

Before CUMMINGS and CUDAHY, Circuit Judges, and FAIRCHILD, Senior Circuit Judge.


FAIRCHILD, Senior Circuit Judge.

Wayne S. Mikel was convicted in an Illinois court on one count of murder and two counts of aggravated assault for firing a rifle from his co-defendant's pick-up truck on the night of 19 November 1977. The facts are recited in People v. Mikel, 73 Ill.App.3d 21, 29 Ill.Dec. 287, 391 N.E.2d 550 (4th Dist.1979). Mikel now appeals the denial of his federal...

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