United States of America Ex Rel. Monroe Robinson v. Frank J. Pate, Warden, Illinois State Penitentiary, Joliet, Illinois

KNOCH, Circuit Judge.

This appeal was submitted on the record and briefs without oral argument.

Petitioner’s original application for writ of habeas corpus was presented to this Court and was transferred for hearing and determination to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

Petitioner was tried by the Court sitting without a jury in the Criminal Court of Cook County, Illinois, convicted of the crime of armed robbery, and sentenced to the Illinois State Penitentiary for a term of three to nine years, where he is now in custody serving that sentence.

Respondent’s…