Legal Opinion
United States Ex Rel. Sims v. Sielaff
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided September 24, 1976No. 76 C 645PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION ON RULE TO SHOW CAUSE
McMILLEN, District Judge.
This petition for a writ of habeas corpus by a State prisoner challenges the procedures utilized by the Illinois Parole and Pardon Board in revoking the petitioner’s parole. After somewhat more than two years on parole without incident, petitioner Sims was arrested and returned to prison on February 2, 1975. He was accused of violating his parole by committing five unlawful acts: two rapes, an assault, driving under the influence, and illegal transportation of liquor in a motor vehicle.
Petitioner was never indicted for any of these…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Morrissey v. BrewerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Douglas v. BuderSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- United States of America Ex Rel. Rev. Frank Robert Cordee Hahn v. R. Vernon Revis and United States Board of Paroles and PardonsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1975
- Gus Albert Johnson v. Mason F. Holley, Warden, U.S. Penitentiary, Terre Haute, Indiana, and U.S. Board of ParoleCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1975
- Jones v. JohnstonCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1976
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Craig McGraw Northington v. United States Parole CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1978