PEO. EX REL. ABNER v. KINNEY

No. 37981.

30 Ill.2d 201 (1964)

195 N.E.2d 651

THE PEOPLE ex rel. JESS ABNER, JR., Petitioner, v. CHARLES F. KINNEY et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed January 22, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

THOMAS P. SULLIVAN, of Chicago, (THOMPSON, RAYMOND, MAYER & JENNER, of counsel,) for petitioner.

WILLIAM G. CLARK, Attorney General, of Springfield, (WILLIAM C. WINES, RAYMOND S. SARNOW, and RICHARD A. MICHAEL, Assistant Attorneys General, of counsel,) for respondents.


Writ awarded.

Mr. JUSTICE HERSHEY delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an original petition in this court for writ of mandamus directed to respondents Charles F. Kinney, chairman, and Henry S. Wise, James C. Craven, Louis Zahn and Douglass R. Turner, associate members of the Parole and Pardon Board of the Department of Public Safety of the State of Illinois, to compel respondents within a reasonable time to grant petitioner, Jess Abner, Jr.,...

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