People v. Richards

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE THOMAS J. MORAN

delivered the opinion of the court:

Petitioner, Jack Richards, was convicted of murder and sentenced to a term of 99 to 150 years in the State penitentiary. His conviction was affirmed in People v. Richards, 120 Ill. App. 2d 313, appeal denied, 44 Ill. 2d 585 (1970). He filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus in Federal court and, as a result of that proceeding, was allowed to inspect certain investigative files of the prosecution. His petition was dismissed by the district court, and the judgment was affirmed by the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals,…