UNITED STATES EX REL. SMITH v. PATE

No. 68 C 2006.

305 F.Supp. 225 (1969)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. William SMITH, Petitioner, v. Frank J. PATE, Warden of the Illinois State Penitentiary, Respondent.

United States District Court N. D. Illinois, E. D.

February 26, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Julius Lucius Echeles, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff.

William J. Scott, Atty. Gen. of Illinois, for defendant.


ROBSON, District Judge.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ON RESPONDENT'S MOTION TO DISMISS

The respondent, Frank J. Pate, has filed a return to the rule to show cause why the petitioner, William Smith, should not be granted a writ of habeas corpus. For the reasons set forth below, this court is of the opinion that the petition for a writ of habeas corpus should be dismissed.

The petitioner was convicted of illegal possession of narcotics by the Circuit Court...

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