United States of America Ex Rel. Clarence Walker v. Michael O'leary, Warden, Stateville Correctional Center

BAUER, Chief Judge.

In 1966, petitioner-appellee Clarence Walker was convicted of rape, armed robbery, and attempted murder in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois. He was sentenced to consecutive terms of 100 to 150 years for rape, 100 to 150 years for armed robbery, and 19 to 20 years for attempted murder. Walker’s aggregate sentence, thus, was 219 to 320 years imprisonment.

Other than these basic facts, the record is rather confusing. To diminish this confusion, the parties have stipulated to the following: “On April 8, 1992, this case came before the Seventh Circuit Count of Appeals…