MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
ANN CLAIRE WILLIAMS, District Judge.
John Whitehead is under sentence of death. He requests the court to appoint counsel for him to prepare a federal petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The Illinois Supreme Court affirmed Whitehead's conviction on direct review on June 5, 1987. Whitehead thereafter filed for state postconviction relief which the trial court denied. The appeal from the denial of his postconviction petition...
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