UNITED STATES EX REL. BRACEY v. PETRELLI

No. 72 C 3069.

356 F.Supp. 699 (1973)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. James BRACEY, Petitioner, v. John J. PETRELLI, Respondent.

United States District Court, N. D. Illinois.

March 21, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold A. Cowen, Chicago, Ill., for petitioner.

William J. Scott, Atty. Gen., for State of Ill., Chicago, Ill., for respondent.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

BAUER, District Judge.

This cause comes on the motion of respondent Petrelli to dismiss the instant petition. Petitioner had been convicted of murder at a bench trial in the Circuit Court of Cook County on October 26, 1966, and was sentenced from 14 to 20 years in the penitentiary. This conviction was affirmed by the Illinois Appellate Court. While the appeal was pending, petitioner filed a petition under Section 72 of the Illinois...

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