United States Ex Rel. Vriner v. Hedrick

ORDER ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS

BAKER, District Judge.

A jury convicted the petitioner in the Circuit Court of Champaign County, Illinois of unlawful use of weapons and of armed violence. His conviction was affirmed by the Illinois Appellate Court, 53 Ill.App.3d 1105, 15 Ill.Dec. 30, 373 N.E.2d 124 (1977), and by the Illinois Supreme Court, 74 Ill.2d 329, 24 Ill.Dec. 530, 385 N.E.2d 671 (1978). The United States Supreme Court denied certiorari. 442 U.S. 929, 99 S.Ct. 2858, 61 L.Ed.2d 296 (1979).

The petitioner now seeks a writ of habeas corpus. At trial, the same lawyer represented…