UNITED STATES v. RAGEN

No. 11734.

238 F.2d 139 (1956)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Charles WILLIAMS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Joseph E. RAGEN, Warden, Illinois State Penitentiary, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit.

October 24, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark L. Schwartzman, Chicago, Ill., for appellant.

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

Before MAJOR, FINNEGAN and SWAIM, Circuit Judges.


FINNEGAN, Circuit Judge.

After the district court denied Williams' petition for a writ of habeas corpus he appealed and a certificate of probable cause issued from our court. From several exhibits incorporated in plaintiff's brief it appears that he has pursued his remedies in the United States Supreme Court, Illinois Supreme Court and Will County Circuit Court, Illinois.

Williams was sentenced, after being convicted on March 6, 1934, of armed robbery, to...

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