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GAINES v. THIERET

Nos. 87-2650, 87-2655.

846 F.2d 402 (1988)

Dickey GAINES, Petitioner-Appellant-Appellee, v. James THIERET, Warden, Menard Correctional Center, Respondent-Appellee-Appellant, and Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General of Illinois, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 4, 1988.

As Amended June 30, 1988.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied July 6, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin Sweeney, Cook County State's Attys. Office, Chicago, Ill., for petitioner-appellant-appellee.

David J. Bradford, Niles, Ill., for respondent-appellee-appellant.

Before WOOD, Jr., POSNER and EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied July 6, 1988.

PER CURIAM.

Dickey Gaines was sentenced to death by an Illinois state court after being convicted of the murder of two persons, the attempted murder of a third, and other crimes, all growing out of a hold-up committed by him and his brother Michael in 1978. The brothers were indicted together, but Dickey Gaines' motion to sever was granted, and Michael was tried separately, convicted, and sentenced to 75...

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