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PEOPLE EX REL. JONES v. BRANTLEY

No. 42200.

45 Ill.2d 335 (1970)

259 N.E.2d 33

THE PEOPLE ex rel. James Jones, Appellant, v. ELZA BRANTLEY, Warden, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed May 20, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

JAMES JONES, pro se.

WILLIAM J. SCOTT, Attorney General, of Springfield, and DON P. KOENEMAN, State's Attorney, of Chester, (FRED G. LEACH, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel,) for appellee.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE CULBERTSON delivered the opinion of the court:

On April 7, 1969, James Jones, an inmate of Menard Penitentiary, filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the circuit court of Randolph County, directed to the warden, wherein he claimed to be entitled to release from custody. The petition was dismissed on the ground that it was insufficient in law and Jones has appealed.

In substance, the petition alleges that...

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