Legal Opinion
United States ex rel. Price v. Lane
District Court, C.D. Illinois
Decided October 24, 1989No. 89-3199PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
RICHARD MILLS, District Judge:
Habeas corpus.
Petitioner — an ex-lawyer — is currently appealing a state court ruling denying his motion to withdraw his guilty plea.1
The state court denied Petitioner’s request that he be released on bond pending appeal and it is this ruling he now brings before us.
I — Facts
Price is a former member of the bar of this Court and was charged in Peoria County circuit court with forgery. Ill.Rev.Stat. ch. 38, H 17-1. Specifically, Attorney Price signed clients’ names to settlement checks and then deposited those checks into his account. On January 3, 1989, he…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- People v. GeroldIllinois Supreme Court · 1914
- United States v. CaggianoCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1981
- Austin Troy Simon v. Albert Woodson, Sheriff of Lamar County, TexasCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
- United States ex rel. Walker v. TwomeyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1973
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3Cited by2 opinions
- In Re Grand Jury 91-1District Court, E.D. Virginia · 1992
- Madgett v. United StatesDistrict Court, S.D. Illinois · 2021