Legal Opinion
United States Ex Rel. Haywood v. Wolff
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided April 11, 1980No. 79 C 1471PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
LEIGHTON, District Judge.
The issue in this habeas corpus proceeding is whether petitioner’s state court convictions were obtained under circumstances that deprived him of rights secured by the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments to the federal constitution. Review of the trial record compels this court to conclude that petitioner’s trial and convictions deprived him of fundamental constitutional rights. Therefore, his petition is granted; but the writ will not issue for a period of 120 days within which the State of Illinois shall give petitioner a new trial. In the event this is not…
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3Cited by5 opinions
- United States of America Ex Rel. Melvin Haywood v. Dennis Wolff, Warden, Joliet PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1981
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- Russ v. IsraelDistrict Court, E.D. Wisconsin · 1982
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