Marcinkiewicz v. State

This case is predicated upon a claim against the State of Illinois for the wrongful incarceration of claimant in the Illinois State Penitentiary from December 18, 1933 to February 23, 1950 in violation of Article II, Sections 2 and 9 of the Constitution of Illinois, and in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

Claimant was indicted for murder in Cook County, tried, and convicted. Claimant appealed his case to the Supreme Court of Illinois, and his conviction was affirmed, and appears in Volume 560 of the Illinois Supreme Court Reports, page 261.

Claimant…