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UNITED STATES EX REL. KNIGHT v. WOLFF

No. 80 C 0409.

529 F.Supp. 147 (1981)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Clifford KNIGHT, Petitioner, v. Dennis WOLFF, Warden, and William G. Scott, Attorney General of Illinois, Respondent.

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

November 20, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey B. Steinback, Chicago, Ill., for petitioner.

Orisha Kulick, Asst. Atty. Gen., Chicago, Ill., for respondent.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

ASPEN, District Judge:

Petitioner Clifford Knight and co-defendant Johnny Veal were tried by a jury sitting in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, for the murders of two Chicago police officers in July, 1970. They were found guilty, sentenced to concurrent terms of 100 to 199 years, respectively, and their convictions were affirmed by the Illinois Appellate Court in People...

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