United States of America Ex Rel. Dudley James Russo v. Attorney General of Illinois

Petitioner-appellant Dudley James Russo, who initially was successful in his bid for habeas corpus relief, 28 U.S.C. § 2254, appeals from a final order of the district court denying, upon reconsideration, Russo’s petition for writ of habeas corpus.

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Russo’s claims arise out of his pleas of guilty to state charges of armed robbery and murder, tendered one day after trial began. The state court, in sentencing Russo to concurrent terms of twenty to forty years incarceration, failed to inform him of the mandatory parole term which, by operation of law, attached to his sentence.

Notice of appeal…