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UNITED STATES EX REL. CHATMAN v. LANE

No. 83 C 519.

573 F.Supp. 693 (1983)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Melvin CHATMAN, Petitioner, v. Michael LANE, Director, Illinois Department of Corrections and James Theirit, Warden, Graham Correctional Center, Respondents.

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

November 4, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Steven Clark, Deputy State Appellate Defender, Bruce Mosbacher, Asst. State Appellate Defender, Chicago, Ill., for petitioner.

Neil F. Hartigan, Atty. Gen., State of Ill. by Kenneth A. Fedinets, Asst. Atty. Gen., Chicago, Ill., for respondents.

MEMORANDUM ORDER

BUA, District Judge.

Melvin Chatman was charged with armed robbery in the Circuit Court of Cook County. After a jury trial, he was found guilty and sentenced to 18 years imprisonment. The Illinois Appellate Court, with one Justice dissenting, affirmed the conviction. People v. Chatman, 105 Ill.App.3d 276, 61 Ill.Dec. 156, 434 N.E.2d 309 (1st Dist.1982...

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