Legal Opinion
United States ex rel. Welch v. Lane
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 5, 1984No. 83-2595PublishedCited by 106 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.
The district court granted a petition for a writ of habeas corpus requiring resentencing because petitioner’s due process rights were violated when he was sentenced on the basis of substantially inaccurate information. See United States v. Tucker, 404 U.S. 443, 447, 92 S.Ct. 589, 591, 30 L.Ed.2d 592 (1972); Townsend v. Burke, 334 U.S. 736, 741, 68 S.Ct. 1252, 1255, 92 L.Ed. 1690 (1948); United States v. Harris, 558 F.2d 366, 373 (7th Cir.1977). For the following reasons, we affirm.
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Petitioner Vance Welch and two codefendants were convicted in state court of aggravated…
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