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HENDON v. DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS

No. 3-94-0600.

672 N.E.2d 818 (1996)

284 Ill. App.3d 657

220 Ill.Dec. 1

Johnny HENDON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. The DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Respondent-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Third District.

October 23, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth D. Brown, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Ottawa, IL, for Johnny Hendon.

John X. Breslin, Deputy Director, Kevin W. Lyons, State's Attorney, Peoria County Courthouse, Peoria, IL, Judith Z. Kelly, States' Attorneys Appellate Prosecutors, Ottawa, IL, for Illinois Department of Corrections.

Justice SLATER delivered the opinion of the court:

The petitioner, Johnny Hendon, filed a petition for habeas corpus against the respondent, Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC). The petitioner argued that he should be discharged from his sentence of incarceration because an unreasonably long time had elapsed between his conviction and the imposition of sentence. The trial court denied the petition. We affirm.

The petitioner was convicted of rape...

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