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PEOPLE EX REL. RICHESON v. SHERIFF

No. 42062.

44 Ill.2d 20 (1969)

253 N.E.2d 368

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS ex rel. Richard Richeson, Appellant, v. SHERIFF OF COLES COUNTY, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed November 26, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

RICHARD RICHESON, pro se.

WILLIAM J. SCOTT, Attorney General, of Springfield, and L. STANTON DOTSON, State's Attorney, of Charleston, (FRED G. LEACH, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel,) for appellee.

Judgment affirmed.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE UNDERWOOD delivered the opinion of the court:

Richard Richeson (relator) appeals from a judgment of the circuit court of Coles County dismissing his petition for a writ of habeas corpus.

In March, 1959, relator was convicted of burglary, and sentenced to 12 to 40 years in the penitentiary by the circuit court of Effingham County. That conviction was affirmed in ...

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