United States ex rel. Wax v. Pate

MEMORANDUM OPINION

MAROVITZ, District Judge.

Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus

William Wax, who was sentenced to 20-35 years on a murder conviction by the Circuit Court of the Fifth Judicial Circuit of Illinois, Edgar County, on January 27, 1965, seeks his release on a writ of habeas corpus. His conviction was affirmed by the Appellate Court for the Fourth District on September 26, 1966, in People v. Wax, 75 Ill.App.2d 163, 220 N.E.2d 600. The Illinois Supreme Court denied leave to appeal on January 18, 1967, and the Supreme Court of the United States denied certiorari on May 29, 1967, at 387…