United States ex rel. Massarella v. Elrod

PECK, Senior Circuit Judge.

Massarella appeals from the denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. He *689raises numerous issues on appeal, but only one is of moment. That issue is whether Massarella’s conviction of the felony of perjury in Illinois’ courts violated the ex post facto clause of the Federal Constitution. U.S.Const. art. I, § 10, cl. 1.

The facts of Massarella’s case are recited in detail in People v. Massarella, 80 Ill.App.3d 552, 36 Ill.Dec. 16, 400 N.E.2d 436 (1979) cert. denied, Massarella v. Illinois, 449 U.S. 1077, 101 S.Ct. 855, 66 L.Ed.2d 799 (1981), and will be…