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UNITED STATES EX REL. RIVERA v. FRANZEN

No. 80 C 5139.

564 F.Supp. 723 (1983)

UNITED STATES ex rel. Gilbert RIVERA, Petitioner, v. Gayle FRANZEN, et al., Respondents.

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

May 27, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan Bandes, American Civil Liberties Union, Chicago, Ill., for petitioner.

Thomas Crooks, Asst. Atty. Gen., Chicago, Ill., for respondents.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

WILLIAM T. HART, District Judge.

Petitioner Gilbert Rivera ("Rivera") filed this habeas corpus petition pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 attacking the legality of a murder conviction entered by the Circuit Court of Cook County. Rivera asserts that he was denied his Sixth Amendment right to the assistance of effective trial counsel.

The respondents have moved to dismiss the petition pursuant to Rule 9(b), Rules Governing...

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