UNITED STATES v. RAGEN

No. 11380.

222 F.2d 654 (1955)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Donald H. LILYROTH, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Joseph E. RAGEN, Warden, Illinois State Penitentiary, Joliet, Illinois, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit.

May 25, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas P. Sullivan, Chicago, Ill., for appellant.

Latham Castle, Atty. Gen., William C. Wines, Asst. Atty. Gen., Raymond S. Sarnow, A. Zola Groves, Asst. Attys. Gen., of counsel, for appellee.

Before FINNEGAN, SWAIN, and SCHNACKENBERG, Circuit Judges.


SCHNACKENBERG, Circuit Judge.

On October 21, 1954 petitioner filed in the district court a petition for writ of habeas corpus under Title 28 U.S.C.A. § 2241 wherein he challenged the constitutionality of proceedings in the circuit court of Lee county, Illinois on January 4, 1943, which resulted in his conviction of the crime of burglary. This is an appeal from an order of the district court dismissing the petition on...

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