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United States Ex Rel. Conroy v. Pate
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided April 8, 1965No. 63 C 2015PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MAROVITZ, District Judge.
Petition for issuance of a writ of habeas corpus.
This matter is before the Court on a petition for issuance of a writ of habeas corpus. The petitioner, Robert Conroy, was convicted in October, 1937, in the Criminal Court of Cook County, Illinois, after a jury trial, for the crime of rape. He is presently confined at the Illinois State Penitentiary, serving a prison term of 199 years. Although petitioner was financially unable to take a direct appeal, he filed a post-conviction petition in 1950. A hearing on his amended petition was had in 1959, and said petition was…
2Cases cited30 opinions
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3Cited by11 opinions
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