Legal Opinion
Clement Dently v. Michael P. Lane and the Attorney General of the State of Illinois, Respondents
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 18, 1983No. 82-2360PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JAMESON, District Judge.
This is an appeal from an order granting the petition of Clement Dently for a writ of habeas corpus based on the denial of effective assistance of counsel in state proceedings where Dently was convicted of rape. We reverse.
Factual Background
On July 21,1973, Janet Donaldson reported to the Danville, Illinois police that while hitchhiking she was picked up by two men who drove her out into the country and raped her. She described her attackers as two negro males, one with a scar on his face and the other wearing a red knit cap and a gold earring in one ear. Two suspects,…
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3Cited by10 opinions
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