Legal Opinion
Robert Lee Williams v. Michael Lane, Director, Department of Corrections, and Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General of the State of Illinois
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 3, 1987No. 86-2842PublishedCited by 79 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.
Petitioner was convicted in an Illinois circuit court of rape and unlawful restraint and sentenced to terms of imprisonment of ten and three years respectively. The Illinois Appellate Court (1st Dist.) affirmed the rape conviction but vacated the conviction and sentence for unlawful restraint. The Illinois Supreme Court subsequently denied leave to appeal. Petitioner proceeded to file a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in federal district court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner alleged that his constitutional rights were violated when the prosecution…
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