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PEOPLE EX REL. McGUIRE v. SYMPSON

No. 73-177.

20 Ill. App.3d 139 (1974)

312 N.E.2d 854

THE PEOPLE ex rel. WILLIAM E. McGUIRE et al., Petitioners-Appellants, v. PAUL W. SYMPSON, Warden, Illinois State Penitentiary at Menard, Respondent-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

June 5, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Farrell, of Mt. Vernon, and Richard D. Thomas, of Chicago, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, for appellants.

Herbert J. Lantz, Jr., State's Attorney, of Chester (David P. Rau, Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel), for appellee.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE CARTER delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendants were each charged by criminal complaints in Menard County with two counts of burglary and one count of theft over $150. On December 22, 1972, they pled guilty to those offenses and were sentenced to serve 4 to 6 years in the penitentiary.

On May 30, 1973, the defendants filed pro se a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the Circuit Court of Randolph...

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