United States of America Ex Rel. Johnny Veal v. Richard Derobertis

GRANT, Senior District Judge.

This is an appeal from the district court’s granting of petitioner Johnny Veal’s request for habeas corpus relief. United States ex rel. Veal v. Wolff, 529 F.Supp. 713 (N.D.Ill.1981). While his original petition raised several separate grounds for relief, the district court addressed and relied on only one. It concluded that Veal’s constitutional rights were violated when the state trial court refused to allow Veal to present alibi witnesses because of his refusal to disclose the names of those witnesses prior to presenting his case-in-chief.

Background

Veal…