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MASON v. GODINEZ

No. 93-1213.

47 F.3d 852 (1995)

Lester B. MASON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Salvador GODINEZ, Warden, Stateville Correctional Center, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 7, 1995.

Rehearing Denied March 3, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John D. Long (argued), Patrick M. Long, Chicago, IL, for petitioner-appellant.

Penelope Moutoussamy George (argued), Office of the Atty. Gen., Criminal Appeals Div., Chicago, IL, for respondent-appellee.

Before COFFEY, RIPPLE and KANNE, Circuit Judges.

KANNE, Circuit Judge.

Lester Mason, convicted of armed robbery by the State of Illinois and sentenced as a habitual criminal to life imprisonment,1 appeals the district court's denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. 28 U.S.C. § 2254. He argues that he received ineffective assistance of counsel in violation of the Sixth Amendment when his trial counsel failed to file a motion to suppress evidence obtained from a warrantless...

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