The People Ex Rel. Coats v. Sain

This is an appeal from an order of the criminal court of Cook County quashing a writ of habeas corpus and remanding relator to custody.

The relator, Ocie Lee Coats, was arrested by the sheriff of Cook County on the authority of a rendition warrant issued by the Governor of Illinois on the requisition of the Governor of Alabama. A petition for a writ of habeas corpus was filed in the criminal court of Cook County to test the legality of the arrest and detention and the writ issued. After a hearing, the court, on March 8, 1961, entered an order quashing the writ and remanding relator to the…