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UNITED STATES EX REL. CRIST v. LANE

No. 83 C1339.

570 F.Supp. 999 (1983)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Gilbert CRIST, Petitioner, v. Michael LANE, Respondent.

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

August 5, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Doherty, Public Defender of Cook County, Hugh Stevens, Asst. Public Defender, Chicago, Ill., for petitioner.

Neil F. Hartigan, Atty. Gen. of Ill., David E. Bindi, Asst. Atty. Gen., Chicago, Ill., for respondent.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

SHADUR, District Judge.

Gilbert Crist ("Crist"), a prisoner at the Pontiac Correctional Center, brings this habeas corpus proceeding under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 against Illinois Department of Corrections Director Michael Lane ("Lane"). Crist's habeas petition asserts the state prosecutor at his trial infringed his Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination by commenting on his refusal to testify. Each side has filed a...

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