People v. Boney

Defendant, a prisoner in a federal penitentiary, brings this appeal from a trial court order denying his motion for a declaratory order that a certain sentence imposed by that court had expired. Defendant originally filed this appeal in the Illinois Supreme Court, but that court, on its own motion, transferred the cause to this court with the following explanation:

The proceeding was not a habeas corpus action, nor was it brought under the Post-Conviction Hearing Act. No substantial constitutional question is involved.

Defendant, under indictment for a federal offense and in federal custody at…