FERN v. GRAMLEY

No. 94-2258.

99 F.3d 255 (1996)

Jay Harry FERN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Richard B. GRAMLEY, Warden, Pontiac Correctional Center, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 31, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary Senner, Elissa Isaacs (argued), Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal, Chicago, IL, for Jay Harry Fern.

Bradley P. Halloran, Paul Chevlin (argued), Rita M. Novak, Office of the Attorney General, Chicago, IL, for Richard B. Gramley and Roland W. Burris.

Before COFFEY, FLAUM, and MANION, Circuit Judges.


FLAUM, Circuit Judge.

Without a prior plea agreement, Jay Harry Fern pleaded guilty in an Illinois court in May 1989 to two counts of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance (cocaine). The court sentenced him on July 19 of the same year to concurrent twenty-five- and ten-year terms and imposed fines totaling $75,000. After announcing its sentence, the court informed Fern of his right to appeal and advised him that he would...

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