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SCHLEMM v. COWEN

No. 4-00-0689.

752 N.E.2d 647 (2001)

323 Ill. App.3d 318

256 Ill.Dec. 767

Jimmie Lee SCHLEMM, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Roger D. COWEN, Warden, Menard Correctional Center, Respondent-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District.

July 5, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jimmie Lee Schlemm, Menard, Pro Se.

James E. Ryan, Attorney General, Joel D. Bertocchi, Solicitor General, William L. Browers, Melville Nickerson, Assistant Attorneys General, Chicago, for Roger D. Cowen.

Presiding Justice STEIGMANN delivered the opinion of the court:

In July 2000, petitioner, Jimmie Lee Schlemm, filed a pro se petition for writ of habeas corpus (735 ILCS 5/10-101 through 10-137 (West 1998)), alleging that his imprisonment was unlawful and seeking his release from the Illinois Department of Corrections. The trial court later denied the petition. Petitioner appeals, and we affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

In December 1978, a jury...

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