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THOMAS v. GREER

No. 70102.

573 N.E.2d 814 (1991)

143 Ill.2d 271

158 Ill.Dec. 1

Melvin THOMAS, Appellant, v. Jim GREER, Warden, Menard Correctional Center, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

May 20, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Agostinelli, Deputy Defender, and Mark D. Fisher, Asst. Defender, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, Ottawa, for appellant.

Neil F. Hartigan, Atty. Gen., Springfield (Robert J. Ruiz, Sol. Gen., and Terence M. Madsen and Douglas K. Smith, Asst. Attys. Gen., of counsel), for appellee.

Justice THOMAS J. MORAN delivered the opinion of the court.

The plaintiff, Melvin Thomas, was released from Federal prison on January 30, 1987, and subsequently incarcerated at the Menard Correctional Center because the Department of Corrections (Department) claimed that he did not complete two of his State sentences while in Federal prison. Plaintiff filed a petition for habeas corpus relief in the circuit court of Peoria County alleging that he had served...

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