United States ex rel. Bradley v. Hartigan

*801FINAL ORDER

BAKER, Chief Judge.

I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND AND PRIOR PROCEEDINGS

Following a criminal jury trial, the petitioner Frank Bradley was convicted of indecent liberties with a child and sentenced to four years imprisonment. On direct appeal the Illinois Appellate Court affirmed the conviction. See People v. Bradley, 113 Ill.App.3d 1172, 75 Ill.Dec. 384, 457 N.E.2d 174 (4th Dist.1983). The only claim raised by Bradley in his appeal from conviction was that he should have been granted a new sentencing hearing because the trial court had failed to consider the alternative of periodic…