People Ex Rel. Fleming v. Pate

Thomas Fleming, the relator, appeals directly from an order entered by the circuit court of Cook County on May II, 1970, which denied his petition for a writ of habeas corpus.

On October 16, 1963, in the circuit court of Cook County, the relator was found guilty of the unlawful possession of narcotics and sentenced to imprisonment for not less than two nor more than five years. That judgment was affirmed on November 19, 1965 (People v. Fleming, 33 Ill. 2d 431), and a petition for certiorari was denied by the United States Supreme Court on April 4, 1966. (Fleming v. Illinois, 383 U.S. 967, 16…