Legal Opinion
United States of America Ex Rel. Alonzo Howard Jones v. Gayle M. Franzen, Illinois Penal Director and William J. Scott, Illinois Attorney General
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 16, 1982No. 80-1097PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARKEY, Chief Judge.
Ordering no response from the state and reviewing only the submissions of petitioner, the district court summarily dismissed Jones’ petition for a writ of habeas corpus. In view of 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d)(8),1 we are required to reverse and remand.2
*263 Background
As described by the Supreme Court of Illinois, People v. Bassett, 56 Ill.2d 285, 287-88, 307 N.E.2d 359, 361 (1974), a prison riot occurred at Menard Penitentiary on November 23, 1965. Just after 4:00 p. m. on that day, during supper, four inmates (Bassett, Brown a/k/a Griffin, Stamps, and Jones) precipitated the riot,…
2Cases cited33 opinions
- Haines v. KernerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Giglio v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- United States v. AgursSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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3Cited by24 opinions
- James Small, Jr. v. Superintendent Jeff Endicott and Kenosha County Circuit Court, 1Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1993
- Alonzo H. Jones v. Ernest MorrisCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
- Joseph Thomas v. Walter D. Zant, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification CenterCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
- James Barksdale v. Michael P. LaneCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1992
- Walter Rogers v. Thomas IsraelCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1984
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