Legal Opinion
John Burris v. Edward Ryan, Sheriff of Sangamon County, Illinois
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 13, 1968No. 16439_1PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SCHNACKENBERG, Circuit Judge.
John Burris, petitioner, appeals from an order and judgment of the district court, denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus.
On June 25, 1963, the grand jury of Sangamon County, Illinois, indicted Edward Miller, John Burris and Clifford Withers for the rape of a 14-year-old girl. They pleaded not guilty and were tried before a jury in an Illinois state court beginning December 9, 1963. The jury was unable to reach a verdict and was discharged when the court declared a mistrial. On January 17, 1964, the cause was dismissed by the court on motion of the State…
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