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PEOPLE EX REL. PONDER v. BENSINGER

No. 46102.

57 Ill.2d 55 (1974)

310 N.E.2d 161

THE PEOPLE ex rel. HENRY C. PONDER, Petitioner, v. PETER B. BENSINGER et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed March 29, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Connors, of Wm. Marshall Lee, of Chicago, for petitioner.

William J. Scott, Attorney General, of Springfield (James B. Zagel and John Patrick Healy, Assistant Attorneys General, of counsel), for respondents.

Joseph J. Putnick and Robert Greenwalt, of Chicago, for amicus curiae Prison Legal Services Project.

Writ quashed.

MR. JUSTICE SCHAEFER delivered the opinion of the court:

Leave to file this original petition for habeas corpus was granted on September 20, 1973, and the matter is now before us on the petition, the respondents' motion to dismiss, and facts stipulated by the petitioner, Henry C. Ponder, and the respondents, who are officials of the Department of Corrections.

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