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WALKER v. HARDIMAN

Nos. 63203, 63396 cons.

116 Ill.2d 413 (1987)

507 N.E.2d 849

JERRY WALKER, Appellee, v. PHILLIP HARDIMAN, Director, Cook County Department of Corrections, Appellant. — RONALD STOKES, Appellee, v. RICHARD J. ELROD, Sheriff, et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied June 5, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Mark L. Rotert, Assistant Attorney General, of Chicago, and Joan S. Cherry, Peter D. Fischer, Jane H. Miller and Thomas V. Gainer, Jr., Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Edward M. Genson and Thomas A. Corfman, of Genson & Steinback, of Chicago, for appellee Jerry Walker.

Steven Clark, Deputy Defender, and Patricia Unsinn, Assistant Appellate Defender, of Chicago, for appellee Ronald Stokes.

Appellate court reversed; circuit court affirmed.

CHIEF JUSTICE CLARK delivered the opinion of the court:

In these two consolidated cases, plaintiffs, Jerry Walker and Ronald Stokes, sought relief under our habeas corpus act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 110, par. 10-101 et seq.) in the circuit court of Cook County and were denied relief. On appeal, the appellate court reversed. (Walker v. Hardiman (1986), 140 Ill.App...

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