Legal Opinion
United States of America Ex Rel. Rushing Greer v. Frank J. Pate, Warden, Illinois State Penitentiary
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 17, 1968No. 16139PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KNOCH, Senior Circuit Judge.
The relator, Rushing Greer, was tried and convicted of murder in the Criminal Court of Cook County, Illinois. His conviction was affirmed by the Illinois Supreme Court in People v. Greer, 1964, 30 Ill.2d 415, 197 N.E.2d 22.
Relator brought habeas corpus proceedings in the United States District Court against the respondent-appellee, Frank J. Pate, Warden, Illinois State Penitentiary, contending that the crime for which he was convicted occurred in a location under the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States, and further that his Constitutional rights were…
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