Legal Opinion
United States of America Ex Rel. Francis A. Mitchell v. James W. Fairman, Warden
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 12, 1984No. 83-3031PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
The petitioner-appellant, Francis Mitchell, was found guilty of murder by an Illinois state court in 1979 and was sentenced to a long term of imprisonment. After exhausting his state remedies, see People v. Mitchell, 95 Ill.App.3d 779, 51 Ill.Dec. 1, 420 N.E.2d 415 (1981), he brought this action for habeas corpus in federal court, and he appeals from the district court’s denial of his petition. The only question he argues in his appeal brief is whether Illinois denied him his constitutional right to a speedy trial. Klopfer v. North Carolina, 386 U.S. 213, 87 S.Ct. 988,…
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