PEOPLE EX REL. TERRY v. ELROD

No. 76-1317.

63 Ill. App.3d 74 (1978)

379 N.E.2d 823

THE PEOPLE ex rel. REZETTE TERRY et al., Relators-Appellants, v. RICHARD J. ELROD, Sheriff of Cook County, Respondent-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (3rd Division).

Opinion filed August 2, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

T. Lee Boyd, Jr., and Isaiah S. Gant, both of Chicago, for appellants.

Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Lee T. Hettinger and Joan S. Cherry, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for appellee.


Order affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE McNAMARA delivered the opinion of the court:

Relators Rezette Terry and James Coleman were arrested pursuant to a governor's warrant issued by the Governor of Illinois upon the requisition of the Governor of Mississippi. Following their arrest and detention, relators filed a petition in the circuit court for habeas corpus challenging the validity of the arrests. Following an extradition hearing, the trial court dismissed relators...

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