People v. Glisson

In 1942, John Glisson was convicted in Cook County of the misdemeanor of contributing to the delinquency of a minor, and received a 30-day sentence. He was subsequently arrested, but released without being charged, on seven separate occasions between 1950 and 1958. In 1974, the petitioner received a certificate of pardon from the Governor of Illinois for his conviction in 1942. Under a provision of “An Act in relation to criminal identification and investigation,” he later filed petitions in the circuit court of Cook County asking the court to order the return of all records of identification…