Choisser v. Lane

Michael P. Lane, Director of the Department of Corrections for the State of Illinois, appeals from an order of the circuit court of Peoria County granting plaintiff Roderick L. Choisser II certain mandamus relief and ordering his release from custody of the Department of Corrections.

In 1976 Choisser pled guilty to charges of aggravated battery and unlawful use of weapons in the circuit court of Saline County. He was sentenced to concurrent sentences of one to three years and three to nine years, to be served in the Department of Corrections. On March 26, 1978, while on work release from the…