UNITED STATES v. RANDOLPH

Misc. No. 214-D.

165 F.Supp. 284 (1958)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Abraham Elisha STONER, Petitioner, v. Ross V. RANDOLPH, Warden, Illinois State Penitentiary, Menard, Illinois, Respondent.

United States District Court E. D. Illinois.

July 29, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gino Groppi, Danville, Ill., for petitioner.

Fred G. Leach, William H. South, Benjamin I. Norwood, Jr., Asst. Attys. Gen., Latham Castle, Atty. Gen., for State of Illinois, for respondent.


PLATT, Chief Judge.

Abraham Elisha Stoner, an inmate of the Illinois State Penitentiary at Menard, Illinois, filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus. Leave was asked and granted to proceed in forma pauperis. 28 U.S.C.A. § 1915. Mr. Gino Groppi, an attorney at this Bar was appointed to represent Stoner, and Ross V. Randolph, Warden, respondent, was ordered to show cause. An amended complaint was filed and the respondent filed answer through his attorney, the...

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