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PEOPLE EX REL. SCOTT v. ISRAEL

Nos. 48431, 48432.

66 Ill.2d 190 (1977)

361 N.E.2d 1108

THE PEOPLE ex rel. MICHAEL SCOTT, Appellee, v. THOMAS ISRAEL, Warden, Appellant. — CHARLES WAYNE WASSON, Appellant, v. ARNOLD STAFFORD, Sheriff, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed March 23, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Scott, Attorney General, of Springfield (James B. Zagel, Jayne A. Carr, and Victor M. Pilolla, Assistant Attorneys General, all of Chicago, of counsel), for appellant.

Stephen P. Hurley, Deputy Defender, and Michael J. Rosborough, Assistant Defender, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Mount Vernon, for appellee.

James J. Doherty, Public Defender, of Chicago (John Thomas Moran, Assistant Public Defender, of counsel), amicus curiae.

Stephen P. Hurley, Deputy Defender, and Michael J. Rosborough, Assistant Defender, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Mount Vernon, for appellant.

William J. Scott, Attorney General, of Springfield (James B. Zagel, Jayne A. Carr, and Victor M. Pilolla, Assistant Attorneys General, all of Chicago, of counsel), for appellee.

James J. Doherty, Public Defender, of Chicago (John Thomas Moran, Assistant Public Defender, of counsel), amicus curiae.

Reversed and remanded. Judgment affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE DOOLEY delivered the opinion of the court:

These consolidated appeals bring before us the constitutionality of the mandatory parole provisions of the Unified Code of Corrections (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 38, par. 1001-1-1 et seq.). In each case defendant was released upon parole after serving the maximum term of his indeterminate sentence of imprisonment. His parole was subsequently revoked for...

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