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LEWIS v. HUCH

No. 89-2677.

964 F.2d 670 (1992)

Bernice LEWIS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Jane E. HUCH and Neil F. Hartigan, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 20, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ginamarie A. Gaudio, Williams & Montgomery, Chicago, Ill., Thomas Broden, argued, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Ind., for Bernice Lewis.

Mary B. Kenney, argued, Office of the State's Atty. of Cook County, Criminal Appeals Div., Chicago, Ill., for Jane E. Huch and Neil F. Hartigan.

Before COFFEY and EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges, and CRABB, District Judge.

COFFEY, Circuit Judge.

Bernice Lewis filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the district court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 challenging her conviction in the Illinois state courts for murder, armed robbery and aggravated kidnapping. Lewis alleged that her state court conviction was obtained in violation of the United States Constitution because (1) she was denied her sixth amendment right to effective assistance of counsel because of her court-appointed...

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