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PEOPLE EX REL. DOUGLAS v. WOODS

No. 40717.

39 Ill.2d 381 (1968)

235 N.E.2d 601

THE PEOPLE ex rel. Gordon Douglas, Appellant, v. JOSEPH I. WOODS, Sheriff, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed March 28, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

GERALD W. GETTY, Public Defender, of Chicago, (PAUL BRADLEY and JAMES J. DOHERTY, Assistant Public Defenders, of counsel,) for appellant.

WILLIAM G. CLARK, Attorney General, of Springfield, and JOHN J. STAMOS, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (FRED G. LEACH, Assistant Attorney General, and ELMER C. KISSANE, Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. CHIEF JUSTICE SOLFISBURG delivered the opinion of the court:

The relator, Gordon Douglas, seeks reversal of an order of the circuit court of Cook County, which, in an extradition proceeding, quashed a writ of habeas corpus and remanded him to the custody of the Cook County sheriff for delivery to an agent of the State of Alabama.

On November 23, 1966, a warrant was issued by the Governor of the State of Illinois reciting...

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