Legal Opinion
United States of America Ex Rel. Melvin Lee Smith v. Gayle M. Franzen
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 26, 1981No. 79-2107PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SWYGERT, Senior Circuit Judge.
Petitioner Melvin Lee Smith was convicted of armed robbery in a jury trial in the Circuit Court of Kane County, Illinois. The Illinois Appellate Court affirmed, People v. Smith, 52 Ill.App.3d 583, 10 Ill.Dec. 303, 367 N.E.2d 756 (1977), the Illinois Supreme Court denied leave to appeal, and the United States Supreme Court denied certiorari, Smith v. Illinois, 436 U.S. 961, 98 S.Ct. 3079, 57 L.Ed.2d 1127 (1978).
Petitioner then filed this petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. That court…
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