UNITED STATES v. RAGEN

No. 9429.

166 F.2d 976 (1948)

UNITED STATES ex rel. FEELEY v. RAGEN.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Rehearing Denied March 16, 1948.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George F. Barrett, Atty. Gen., and Albert E. Hallett, Asst. Atty. Gen., both of Chicago, Ill. (William C. Wines, Raymond S. Sarnow, and James C. Murray, Asst. Attys. Gen., all of Chicago, Ill., of counsel), for appellant.

J. F. Dammann, Robert L. Hunter, C. S. Bentley Pike, and George E. Hale, all of Chicago, Ill. (Wilson & McIlvaine, Gregory, Gilruth & Hunter, of Chicago, Ill., of counsel), for appellee.

Before SPARKS and MINTON, Circuit Judges, and LINDLEY, District Judge.


MINTON, Circuit Judge.

The State has appealed from a judgment of the District Court which released the relator from the custody of the Warden of the Illinois State Penitentiary, who held him under a life sentence, pursuant to a conviction in the Criminal Court of Cook County, Illinois. The District Court granted a certificate of probable cause. It is admitted that the relator has exhausted his State remedies. The bases of the discharge of the relator by the District...

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