PEOPLE v. MOORE

No. 73-320.

26 Ill. App.3d 156 (1975)

325 N.E.2d 42

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Respondent-Appellee, v. JOHN WILLIE MOORE et al., Petitioners-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

February 25, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Bradley and Victoria J. Meyers, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Chicago, for appellants.

Robert H. Rice, State's Attorney, of Belleville, for the People.


Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE EBERSPACHER delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendants, John Willie Moore and Oliver Beasley, filed a pro se petition for writs of habeas corpus in the circuit court of St. Clair County. After counsel was appointed to represent the defendants, the State filed a motion to dismiss for failure to state a cause of action cognizable under the Habeas Corpus Act. At the hearing held on the defendants' petition, the defendants...

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