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THE PEOPLE v. LAWRENCE

No. 43124.

48 Ill.2d 368 (1971)

268 N.E.2d 15

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. BILLY EUGENE LAWRENCE, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed May 21, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

DALE ALLISON, of Mt. Carmel, for appellant.

WILLIAM J. SCOTT, Attorney General, of Springfield, and ROSCOE D. CUNNINGHAM, State's Attorney, of Lawrenceville, (FRED G. LEACH and THOMAS J. IMMEL, Assistant Attorneys General, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE WARD delivered the opinion of the court:

On December 12, 1968, the petitioner, Billy Eugene Lawrence, who was confined in the penitentiary, filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the circuit court of Lawrence County. The petitioner claimed that his detention was illegal because his sentence had been terminated by the action of the State of Illinois as of May 27, 1967. The circuit court denied the petition and...

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