COLLINS v. SIELAFF

No. 76-350.

43 Ill. App.3d 1022 (1976)

357 N.E.2d 1213

JOHN V. COLLINS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. ALLYN R. SIELAFF, Director of the Department of Corrections, et al., Respondents-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (2nd Division).

Opinion filed November 16, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Geis and Lynn Sara Frackman, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Chicago, for appellant.

Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Laurence J. Bolon and Eugene J. Rudnik, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for appellees.


Reversed and remanded.

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE STAMOS delivered the opinion of the court:

Petitioner, John V. Collins, was released on parole. He thereafter filed a petition pursuant to the Habeas Corpus Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 65, par. 1 et seq.) against, inter alia, the Director of the Department of Corrections, claiming that he was entitled to final discharge from his sentence imposed upon his plea of guilty to armed robbery. The circuit...

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