Legal Opinion
Kenneth Warren Hanson v. Circuit Court of the First Judicial Circuit of Illinois
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided January 29, 1979No. 78-1296PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.
The petitioner, Kenneth Warren Hanson, appeals to this court from the trial court’s dismissal of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Three questions are raised. First, is a fine-only conviction a sufficient restraint on liberty to constitute “custody” within the meaning of the federal habeas corpus statute, 28 U.S.C. § 2254? Second, if not, does the consideration of one state’s judgment of conviction by parole authorities in another state cause the prisoner to be in the custody of authorities of the state which rendered the conviction? Third, if a…
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