HEIRENS v. MIZELL

No. 83-1748.

729 F.2d 449 (1984)

William HEIRENS, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Larry MIZELL, et al., Respondents-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 24, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles W. Murdock, Asst. Atty. Gen., Joan S. Cherry, Cook County Asst. State's Atty., Steven F. Molo and Mark A. Ratert, Asst. Attys. Gen., Chicago, Ill., for respondents-appellants.

Michael B. Nash, Chicago, Ill., for petitioner-appellee.

Before PELL and COFFEY, Circuit Judges, and NEAHER, District Judge.


COFFEY, Circuit Judge.

The respondents appeal from the April 20, 1983 order of Magistrate Gerald B. Cohn releasing the petitioner, William Heirens, on parole. Although several issues have been raised by both the petitioner and the respondents, we believe only two merit extended consideration: (1) whether this court's decision in Welsh v. Mizell, 668 F.2d 328 (7th Cir.), cert. denied, 459 U.S. 923, 103 S.Ct. 235, 74 L...

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