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U.S. EX REL. SILAGY v. PETERS

No. 88-2390.

713 F.Supp. 1246 (1989)

UNITED STATES of America, ex rel. Charles SILAGY, Petitioner, v. Howard PETERS, III, and Neil Hartigan, Respondents.

United States District Court, C.D. Illinois, Danville Division.

April 29, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy Gabrielsen and Patricia G. Mysza, Springfield, Ill., for petitioner.

Jack Donatelli and Michael Singer, Asst. Attys. Gen., Chicago, Ill., for respondents.

FINAL ORDER

BAKER, Chief Judge.

This is a habeas corpus proceeding under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. For the reasons stated in this order, the writ will issue directing that the petitioner be resentenced within 120 days.

BACKGROUND

In the late hours of February 13 and the early hours of February 14, 1980, in Vermilion County, Illinois, two women were brutally beaten and murdered. The petitioner, Charles Silagy, was prosecuted for the murders...

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