People Ex Rel. Swiderski v. Brierton

On April 25, 1974, the relator, Donald Swiderski, entered a plea of guilty to two charges of armed robbery and was sentenced to concurrent terms of four years to four years and a day. He served part of his sentence and was released on parole. Subsequently, he was re-incarcerated for a parole violation.

On May 12,1977, the relator filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the circuit court of Cook County. The trial court granted the State’s motion to dismiss the petition, and relator appeals. The petition alleged and defendant contends that it was fundamentally unfair to re-incarcerate…