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THE PEOPLE EX REL. SMITH v. JACKSON

No. 40092.

37 Ill.2d 379 (1967)

227 N.E.2d 366

THE PEOPLE ex rel. Mack Smith, Jr., Petitioner, v. MARTIN JACKSON, Sheriff, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed May 18, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

WAYNE R. JOHNSON, of Joliet, for petitioner.

GEORGE E. SANGMEISTER, State's Attorney, of Joliet, (JOHN C. BLAKSLEE, Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel,) for respondent.

Writ quashed.

Mr. JUSTICE KLUCZYNSKI delivered the opinion of the court:

By leave of court the petitioner, Mack Smith, filed a petition for an original writ of habeas corpus challenging his detention by the respondent, Martin Jackson, sheriff of Will County. The facts are undisputed and only questions of law are involved.

It appears from the petition that in 1953 the petitioner was convicted of the...

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