Legal Opinion
United States of America Ex Rel. Rex Sterling v. Frank J. Pate, Warden, Illinois State Penitentiary
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 21, 1968No. 16749_1PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CASTLE, Chief Judge.
The respondent-appellant, Frank J. Pate, Warden, Illinois State Penitentiary, prosecutes this appeal from the December 20, 1967, order of the District Court granting the petition of Rex Sterling, petitioner-appellee, for a writ of habeas corpus, and ordering the petitioner discharged.
The petitioner was convicted on November 23, 1931, in the Circuit Court of Montgomery County, Illinois, on his plea of guilty to burglary and larceny. He is serving a sentence of from one year to life as a result of that conviction. In his petition he alleges, inter alia, that he was…
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