Legal Opinion
Devandlis Wiggins v. Joseph E. Ragen, Warden, Illinois State Penitentiary
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 29, 1956No. 11733PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LINDLEY, Circuit Judge.
On March 27, 1951, petitioner and one Tye, having pleaded guilty to an indictment charging armed robbery, returned in early January, 1951, were sentenced by the state court to serve terms in the Illinois penitentiary, where petitioner is now confined. In 1954 the prisoner filed in the court of conviction a petition under the post-conviction law of Illinois, S.H.A.Ill. Chap. 38, § 826 et seq., which was denied, December 22, 1954. Upon writ of error to the Supreme Court of Illinois, this order was affirmed. Petition for certiorari was denied by the Supreme Court on…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- Bute v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
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3Cited by10 opinions
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