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PEOPLE EX REL. WILLIAMS v. ROBINSON

No. 31164.

404 Ill. 338 (1949)

88 N.E.2d 860

THE PEOPLE ex rel. Perry Williams, Petitioner, v. BROWNING ROBINSON, Warden, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed November 22, 1949.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

PERRY WILLIAMS, pro se.

IVAN A. ELLIOTT, Attorney General, of Springfield, (WAYNE R. COOK, of Danville, of counsel,) for respondent.

Petitioner remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE GUNN delivered the opinion of the court:

Petitioner, Perry Williams, filed his petition for writ of habeas corpus for discharge from the Illinois State Penitentiary, alleging that by reason of matters occurring since his conviction the judgment had become void, and that he was entitled to a discharge under a writ of habeas corpus. We required the Warden of the penitentiary...

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