People ex rel. LaPlaca v. Sielaff

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE KARNS

delivered the opinion of the court:

Petitioner-appellant, Joseph LaPlaca, was convicted of conspiracy to commit murder after a jury trial in the Circuit Court of Cook County and was sentenced to serve from 6 to 20 years. That judgment is presently under review in the Appellate Court for the First District. Petitioner, confined in the Department of Corrections at its institution in Vienna, Illinois, filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the Circuit Court of Johnson County. The petition was denied after the court considered arguments of counsel. Petitioner…