People Ex Rel. Lehman v. Frye

The relator, Jean Edward Lehman, appeals directly to this court under Rule 28 — iA(c) from an order of the circuit court of Randolph County quashing a writ of habeas corpus and remanding him to the custody of respondent, Max P. Frye, Warden of the Illinois State Penitentiary, Menard Division.

Lehman was convicted of certain felonies on November 13, 1959, and sentenced on one count to a term of six to fourteen years and on two other counts to a term of six to twenty years, the sentences to run concurrently. Extradition was requested by the State of Iowa for the purpose of trying relator for the…