Taylor v. Lane

The pro se petitioner, James Taylor, appeals from the trial court’s order dismissing his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. We affirm.

The record reveals that in October of 1976, the petitioner was sentenced to an indeterminate term of not less than 100 years nor more than 200 years in prison for the murder of an Illinois State police officer. In January of 1979, he was also sentenced to a concurrent term of not less than six years nor more than 20 years for kidnapping in connection with that murder.

On August 8, 1984, the petitioner first appeared before a three-member panel of the Prisoner…