EPSTEIN v. LANE

No. 3-88-0744.

189 Ill. App.3d 63 (1989)

544 N.E.2d 819

NEIL EPSTEIN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. MICHAEL LANE, Director, Department of Corrections, Respondent-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Third District.

Opinion filed September 22, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark D. Fisher, of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Ottawa, for appellant.

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Edward Burmila, State's Attorney, of Joliet (Kimary Lee, Assistant Attorney General, of Chicago, and John X. Breslin, of State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Office, of counsel), for appellee.


Reversed and remanded.

JUSTICE HEIPLE delivered the opinion of the court:

The petitioner, Neil Epstein, appeals from an order of the trial court dismissing his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The petition alleged that on April 4, 1986, the petitioner escaped from the custody of the Illinois Department of Corrections (Department), was subsequently apprehended, and was thereafter convicted on a criminal...

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