Legal Opinion
Beauchamp v. Elrod
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided September 26, 1985No. 83-2781PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Johnson
This is an appeal from an order of the circuit court of Cook County denying plaintiff’s petition for writ of habeas corpus and remanding him to the custody of the sheriff of Cook County for extradition to the State of Massachusetts.
Plaintiff, Robert Beauchamp, after serving a one-year sentence for mail fraud, was released by Federal officials on February 16, 1983, to the custody of Illinois officials who held him on State misdemeanor charges of “deceptive practices.” On February 17, 1983, plaintiff appeared in the circuit court, where it was discovered that there was a warrant out for his…
2Cases cited28 opinions
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- Michigan v. DoranSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Sweeney v. WoodallSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Grano v. StateSuperior Court of Delaware · 1969
- Prasan Meechaicum v. James H. Fountain, Sheriff of Reno County, Kansas and J. Stanley Hill, District Judge, 27th Judicial DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1983
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3Cited by26 opinions
- Robert C. Beauchamp v. Paul Murphy, the Superintendent of the Old Colony Correctional CenterCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1994
- People v. YoungIllinois Supreme Court · 1992
- Commonwealth v. BeauchampMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1992
- People Ex Rel. Shockley v. HardimanAppellate Court of Illinois · 1987
- People v. MakielAppellate Court of Illinois · 1994
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