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PEOPLE EX REL. SHEFFIELD v. TWOMEY

No. 57836.

14 Ill. App.3d 264 (1973)

302 N.E.2d 439

THE PEOPLE ex rel. ORLANDO K. SHEFFIELD, Relator-Appellant, v. JOHN J. TWOMEY, Warden, Illinois State Penitentiary at Joliet, Respondent-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (4th Division).

August 8, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Doherty, Public Defender, of Chicago, for appellant.

Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (Kenneth L. Gillis, Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel,) for appellee.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE ADESKO delivered the opinion of the court:

On November 11, 1971, relator, Orlando K. Sheffield, filed with the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County a pro se petition for a writ of habeas corpus dated October 14, 1971. In his petition relator contended that since his arrest for armed robbery on June 2, 1970, prejudice had been consistently and openly displayed against him; that his bond which had been increased after...

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