WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff-appellant Gary Staten appeals the district judge's denial of his petition for writ of habeas corpus. He argues that he pleaded guilty to a robbery charge in Iowa, relying on a state's attorney's promise in Illinois that he would not be prosecuted for the separate charge of escape in Illinois. Contrary to what was promised, Staten was prosecuted and convicted of the escape charge in Illinois. The State admits that a state's attorney...
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