Legal Opinion
United States Ex Rel. Rooney v. Ragen
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 20, 1946No. 9110PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MAJOR, Circuit Judge.
This appeal is from an order of the District Court, entered March 8, 1946, dismissing appellant’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The court certified probable cause for an appeal. Appellant, John H. Rooney (referred to as petitioner), Henry P. Berry, and Rosalie Rizzo, were jointly tried and convicted of the crime of murder in the Superior Court of Cook County, Illinois. As- a result, Rooney and Berry were sentenced to the penitentiary for life and Rizzo for a term of twenty years. This conviction was affirmed by the Supreme Court of Illinois, wherein a detailed…
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