Legal Opinion
United States of America Ex Rel. Charles Burke v. State of Illinois
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 28, 1972No. 72-1176PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DUFFY, Senior Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from the denial of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus by the District Court. Appellant Burke and one Robert Keeler were, in 1967, members of the Police Department of the City of Chicago. They were charged with two counts of theft and one count of bribery by the Cook County Grand Jury. After a bench trial, both men were found guilty of the charged offenses, and each was sentenced to a prison term of one year and one day.
The Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, confirmed the conviction and sentence. 1 The Illinois Supreme Court denied…
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