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WOODS v. NIERSTHEIMER

No. 631.

328 U.S. 211 (1946)

WOODS v. NIERSTHEIMER, WARDEN.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 20, 1946.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward H. Levi argued the cause and filed a brief for petitioner.

William C. Wines, Assistant Attorney General of Illinois, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief was George F. Barrett, Attorney General.

MR. JUSTICE BLACK delivered the opinion of the Court.

In 1940 the petitioner was indicted for murder in the Criminal Court of Cook County, Illinois. Adjudged to be guilty on an alleged plea of guilty, he was sentenced to serve ninety-nine years in the state penitentiary. In 1945 he filed two identical petitions for habeas corpus, one in the Criminal Court of Cook County and the other in the Randolph County Circuit Court. In summary the allegations of these petitions...

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