Crump v. Lane

The plaintiff, Michael Crump, appeals from the denial of his complaint brought under the Habeas Corpus Act. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 110, par. 10—101 et seq.) Crump contends that there was an unreasonable, unexplained, six-year delay between the affirmance of his conviction and imposition of sentence which requires his release from custody and the discharge of the remainder of his sentence.

On June 14, 1974, Crump was found guilty of armed robbery and was sentenced to a term of 10 to 30 years’ imprisonment. Crump appealed the judgment of conviction and sentence and was released on an appeal…