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HUNLEY v. GODINEZ

No. 92-1784.

975 F.2d 316 (1992)

Maurice HUNLEY, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Salvador GODINEZ, Warden, Stateville Correctional Center, Illinois Department of Corrections, and Roland W. Burris, Attorney General of Illinois, Respondents-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 11, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Graham (argued), Bonnie B. Koch, Jenner & Block, Robert D. Nachman, Schwartz, Cooper, Kolb & Gaynor, Chicago, Ill., for petitioner-appellee.

Steven J. Zick (argued), Office of the Atty. Gen., Criminal Appeals Div., Chicago, Ill., for respondents-appellants.

Before CUMMINGS, MANION and KANNE, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

Maurice Hunley petitioned the district court for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 on the grounds that he was denied a fair state court trial because of juror bias and prosecutorial misconduct. The district court granted the writ. 784 F.Supp. 522 We affirm.

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