Legal Opinion
Van Ermen v. Percy
District Court, E.D. Wisconsin
Decided May 5, 1980No. Civ. A. No. 79-C-440PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION AND ORDER
REYNOLDS, Chief Judge.
Petitioner Robert Van Ermen, an inmate of the Wisconsin State Prison at Waupun, has petitioned this court for the issuance of a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. For the reasons stated below, the petition will be denied.
In 1961, petitioner was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. In 1972, his sentence was commuted by the Governor to a term of fifty years, and in April 1973, petitioner was released on parole. A special condition of his parole was that he refrain from drinking alcoholic beverages.
On July…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Gagnon v. ScarpelliSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Van Ermen v. Department of Health & Social ServicesWisconsin Supreme Court · 1978
- Cresci v. SchmidtDistrict Court, E.D. Wisconsin · 1976
3Cited by2 opinions
- United States ex rel. Gilkey v. DetellaDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1996
- Van Ermen v. PercyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1981