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PEOPLE EX REL. ST. GEORGE v. WOODS

No. 43017.

47 Ill.2d 261 (1970)

265 N.E.2d 164

THE PEOPLE ex rel. Otis St. George, Appellant, v. JOSEPH I. WOODS, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed December 4, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

STANLEY A. BASS, of Chicago, appointed by the court, for appellant.

WILLIAM J. SCOTT, Attorney General, of Springfield, and EDWARD V. HANRAHAN, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (JAMES B. ZAGEL, Assistant Attorney General, and ROBERT A. NOVELLE and JAMES S. VELDMAN, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for appellee.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE WARD delivered the opinion of the court:

On March 11, 1970, the appellant, Otis St. George, who was confined in the Cook County jail awaiting a preliminary hearing on a charge of aggravated battery, filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the circuit court of Cook County. The petition alleged that the appellant was a duly registered and qualified Cook County elector,...

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