United States of America Ex Rel. Willie Sampson, Jr. v. Lue Brewer, Warden, Stateville Prison and William Scott, Attorney General, State of Illinois

Petitioner appeals from the district court’s order granting respondent’s motion to dismiss the petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Petitioner was convicted of rape, deviate sexual assault, and aggravated kidnapping in the Circuit Court of Cook County on October 11, 1978. The trial judge then revoked his bond stating that he was no longer presumed to be innocent and had now been convicted of three Class X felonies “of the most serious nature in this community.” Petitioner’s subsequent efforts to obtain bond pending appeal were denied by the Illinois Appellate and Supreme Courts without…