Crump v. Lane

The petitioner, Michael Crump, was convicted of aggravated battery on April 6, 1984, in the circuit court of Cook County. At his sentencing hearing, Crump resisted the State’s attempt to introduce his 1974 armed robbery conviction, also in the circuit court of Cook County, by testifying that the earlier conviction had been reversed on appeal. A.t the time, the State was unable to verify the 1974 conviction.

While Crump was serving his two-year and nine-month sentence for the 1984 aggravated battery conviction, he was arrested on his 1974 conviction and brought before a judge of the criminal…