FARRELL v. LANE

No. 90-2409.

939 F.2d 409 (1991)

Charles FARRELL, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Michael P. LANE, Director of Illinois Department of Corrections, et al., Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 1, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chris Averkiou (argued), Chicago, Ill., for petitioner-appellant.

Thomas L. Ciecko, Deputy Atty. Gen. (argued), Steven J. Zick, Office of Atty. Gen., Crim. Appeals Div., Chicago, Ill., for respondents-appellees Michael P. Lane and Stephen L. McEvers, Warden.

Before WOOD, Jr., CUDAHY, and FLAUM, Circuit Judges.


HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.

In 1982, Charles Farrell and a co-defendant were tried before a Cook County jury and found guilty of murder and armed robbery. The trial court sentenced Farrell to thirty years' imprisonment. Farrell appeals from the district court's denial of his petition for writ of habeas corpus. We affirm.

I.

Farrell appealed his conviction to the Appellate Court of Illinois, raising two issues: (1) that prosecutorial misconduct...

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