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OWENS v. LANE

No. 3-89-0406.

196 Ill. App.3d 358 (1990)

553 N.E.2d 784

JESSE OWENS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. MICHAEL P. LANE, Director of the Illinois Department of Corrections, et al., Respondents-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Third District.

Opinion filed April 5, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sharon G. Kramer and Julius Lucius Echeles, both of Chicago, for appellant.

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield (Robert J. Ruiz, Solicitor General, and Terence M. Madsen, Assistant Attorney General, of Chicago, and Douglas K. Smith, Assistant Attorney General, of Springfield, of counsel), for appellees.

Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE WOMBACHER delivered the opinion of the court:

Petitioner sought, via habeas corpus, a judicial order to require the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) to recalculate his proposed release date. The trial court dismissed the petition and denied the petitioner's motion for reconsideration. The petitioner appeals.

The facts are not in dispute. On June 25, 1966, the petitioner was convicted in Cook County of aggravated...

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