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U.S. EX REL. BURKE v. DIRECTOR, DEPT. OF CORR., ETC.

No. 81 C 1125.

524 F.Supp. 804 (1981)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. John BURKE and Kenneth Emerson, Petitioners, v. DIRECTOR, DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, STATE OF ILLINOIS, Respondents.

United States District Court, N. D. Illinois, E. D.

November 2, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tyrone C. Fahner, Atty. Gen. of Illinois by David Cassorla, Asst. Atty. Gen., Chicago, Ill., for petitioners.

R. H. R. Silvertrust, Asst. Public Defender, Chicago, Ill., for respondents.

ORDER

BUA, District Judge.

In November, 1978, John Burke and Kenneth Emerson were tried and convicted of armed robbery and felony murder in the Circuit Court of Cook County. They are presently serving their sentence of fourteen years to fourteen years and a day in the Illinois Department of Corrections. Burke and Emerson appealed their conviction to the Illinois Appellate Court, where the decision of the trial court was affirmed. People v. Burke,...

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