Legal Opinion
Talbot Jennings v. Fremont Nester, Edward Piotter, Larry Vodvarka, John S. Boyle, James A. Brown and John Phillips
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 3, 1955No. 11234PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SWAIM, Circuit Judge.
In 1948 the plaintiff, Talbot Jennings, was arrested, tried and convicted of a felony. He was sent to the Illinois State Penitentiary. Three years later he was granted a new trial under the Illinois Post-Conviction Hearing Act, S.H.A. ch. 38, § 826 et seq., reconvicted and sent back to prison where he is now incarcerated. See Jennings v. State of Illinois, 342 U.S. 104, 72 S.Ct. 123, 96 L.Ed. 119; People v. Jennings, 411 Ill. 21, 102 N.E.2d 824.
After his second conviction, the plaintiff sued the state’s attorneys and police officers, who had arrested him before his first…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Screws v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Wolf v. ColoradoSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Bottone v. LindsleyCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1948
- Joseph Ortega v. Joseph E. Ragen, Warden, Illinois State Penitentiary, Joliet, IllinoisCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1954
- People v. JenningsIllinois Supreme Court · 1952
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3Cited by60 opinions
- Adolph G. Hoffman v. C. H. Halden, Dr. Donald E. Wair, Dr. G. F. Keller and Dr. F. Sydney HansenCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1959
- William J. Bauers, Jr. v. Herbert T. Heisel, JrCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1966
- Alfonse Reichenberger v. Rev. Richard PritchardCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1981
- Billy Ray Stringer v. Robert DilgerCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1963
- R. W. Agnew v. Richard W. MoodyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1964
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