U.S. EX REL. COLLINS v. WELBORN

Nos. 93 C 5282, 93 C 5328.

79 F.Supp.2d 898 (1999)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Roger COLLINS, Petitioner, v. George WELBORN, Warden, Menard Correctional Center, Respondent. United States of America ex rel. William Bracy, Petitioner, v. Richard Gramley, Warden, Pontiac Correctional Center, Respondent.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division.

November 24, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Hugh Farley, Jr., Robert H. Farley, Jr., Ltd., Naperville, IL, Daniel R. Collins, Ramsell & Armamentos, Wheaton, IL, Stephen E. Eberhardt, Tinley Park, IL, for Roger Collins.

Steven Joseph Zick, Terence Madsen, Paul James Chevlin, Illinois Attorney General's Office, Chicago, IL, William Browers, Assistant Attorney General, Chicago, IL, for George Welborn.

John Ladell Stainthorp, Peoples Law Offices, Chicago, IL, Gilbert H. Levy, Seattle, WA, Daniel R. Collins Ramsell & Armamentos, Wheaton, IL, for William Bracy.

Terence Madsen, Paul James Chevlin, Illinois Attorney General's Office, Chicago, IL, for Richard Gramley.


FINDINGS OF FACT, CONCLUSIONS OF LAW AND ORDER

HART, District Judge.

I. BACKGROUND

A. State Proceedings

Late during the night of November 12, 1980, Frederick Lacey, R.C. Pettigrew and Richard Holliman were kidnapped, robbed, and shot to death execution-style near a viaduct in Chicago, Illinois. In March of 1981, Roger Collins, William Bracy, and Murray Hooper were indicted and charged with armed robbery, aggravated kidnapping...

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