Legal Opinion
United States Ex Rel. Yates v. Hardiman
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided March 20, 1987No. 84 C 10295PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
GEORGE N. LEIGHTON, Senior District Judge.
On the morning of July 11, 1977, in the City of Chicago, the apartment in which seventeen-year-old Veronica Lee lived, was burglarized. Lee, apparently unbeknownst to the burglar, was in the apartment; when discovered, she was stabbed to death. Petitioner, Lonnie Yates, an American Negro, was indicted for the murder and burglary. Following a February 1979 trial, a jury returned guilty verdicts on both offenses. Yates was sentenced to death for the murder and fourteen years’ imprisonment for the burglary. He appealed both convictions and the…
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