Legal Opinion
Gary Welsh v. Larry Mizell, Warden, Vienna Correctional Center, Vienna, Illinois, and Tyrone C. Fahner, Attorney General of the State of Illinois
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 10, 1982No. 80-1862PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUMMINGS, Chief Judge.
Gary Welsh is a prisoner at the Illinois Correctional Center in Vienna, Illinois. The murder of which he was convicted was committed in 1962, but Welsh was not competent to stand trial until 1973. At that time he was sentenced in the Circuit Court of McHenry County to a prison term of sixty to one hundred years. His direct appeal was denied, People v. Welsh, 30 Ill.App.3d 887, 333 N.E.2d 572 (2d Dist. 1975). He has served his minimum sentence, with allowance for statutory good time, in several state mental hospitals and in prison. He has been denied parole nine times.
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2Cases cited15 opinions
- Greenholtz v. Inmates of the Nebraska Penal & Correctional ComplexSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Weaver v. GrahamSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Beazell v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
- Lindsey v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
- John J. Rodriguez v. United States Parole Commission and Metropolitan Correctional Center, Robert Elsea, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1979
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3Cited by38 opinions
- William Heirens v. Larry MizellCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1984
- United States of America Ex Rel. Lawrence Forman v. Cecil McCall Chairman, United States Parole Commission, United States Parole CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1983
- United States of America Ex Rel. William Scott v. Illinois Parole and Pardon Board and Lou BrewerCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1982
- Lester Matlock v. James Rose, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1984
- In Re StanworthCalifornia Supreme Court · 1982
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