United States ex rel. Hickman v. Sielaff

PELL, Circuit Judge.

Following a jury trial in the circuit court of Winnebago County, Illinois, the defendant Franklin Hickman, Jr., was convicted of attempted murder and attempted armed robbery. His convictions were affirmed by the intermediate state appellate court. People v. Hickman, 3 Ill.App.3d 919, 280 N.E.2d 787 (1971). In the Supreme Court of Illinois the attempted robbery conviction was reversed for reasons not material here and the attempted murder conviction was affirmed. People v. Hickman, 56 Ill.2d 175, 306 N.E.2d 32 (1973). Hickman’s petition for habeas corpus was denied and…