FREEMAN v. COWAN

No. 5-01-0704.

771 N.E.2d 515 (2002)

331 Ill. App.3d 218

264 Ill.Dec. 811

Geoffrey W. FREEMAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Roger COWAN, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

Granted May 29, 2002.

Opinion Filed May 29, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Geoffrey W. Freeman, Menard, for Appellant.

James E. Ryan, Attorney General, Joel D. Bertocchi, Solicitor General, William L. Browers, Karen Kaplan, Assistant Attorneys General, Chicago, for Appellee.


Justice RARICK delivered the opinion of the court:

Geoffrey W. Freeman (plaintiff) filed a pro se petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the circuit court of Randolph County. The petition contended that the United State Supreme Court's decision in Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466, 120 S.Ct. 2348, 147 L.Ed.2d 435 (2000), rendered his sentences void. The court dismissed the petition upon the defendant's motion...

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