In Re Application of Summers

This is an appeal from an order dismissing relator’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus.

Upon his conviction of the crime of burglary in Illinois, in 1943, relator was sentenced to the state penitentiary for a term “of from one year to life.” In 1945, he was released from custody to enter the armed services, from which he was discharged after serving about three months. In 1947, he was again confined in the Illinois penitentiary for an alleged violation of his parole, and remained there until he was placed on parole in 1949.

He was imprisoned in the United States penitentiary at McNeil…