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PEOPLE EX REL. O'CONNOR v. BENSINGER

Nos. 43712, 43755.

48 Ill.2d 440 (1971)

270 N.E.2d 1

THE PEOPLE ex rel. Robert T. O'Connor, Appellant, v. PETER BENSINGER et al., Appellees. — THE PEOPLE ex rel. John C. Johns, Appellee, v. PETER BENSINGER et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed May 21, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

WILLIAM H. THEIS and JAMES B. HADDAD, both of Chicago, for appellant ROBERT T. O'CONNOR and appellee JOHN C. JOHNS.

WILLIAM J. SCOTT, Attorney General, of Springfield, (JAMES B. ZAGEL and WARREN K. SMOOT, Assistant Attorneys General, of counsel,) for appellees and appellants Peter Bensinger et al.

Judgment reversed; petitioner discharged. Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE SCHAEFER delivered the opinion of the court:

These consolidated appeals raise the issue of the legal effect of the release to Wisconsin of two Illinois prisoners in accordance with an agreement entered into by the Governors of Illinois and Wisconsin pursuant to the Uniform Criminal Extradition Act. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1955, ch. 60, par. 18 et...

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