Legal Opinion
United States of America Ex Rel. Thomas E. Kemp v. Frank J. Pate, Warden, Illinois State Penitentiary
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 7, 1966No. 15200PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SWYGERT, Circuit Judge.
Petitioner, Thomas E. Kemp, was convicted of robbery in the Criminal Court of Cook County, Illinois and sentenced to prison for not less than nineteen nor more than twenty years. The petitioner’s conviction was affirmed by the Illinois Supreme Court. People v. Kemp, 29 Ill.2d 321, 194 N.E.2d 217 (1963). The admissibility of his allegedly involuntary written confession was an important issue both at the trial and on appeal.
The petitioner made no collateral attack upon his sentence in the state courts, although Illinois provides ■ two such avenues for postconviction…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- United States of America Ex Rel. Oscar Walden, Jr. v. Frank J. Pate, Warden, Illinois State Penitentiary, Joliet BranchCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1965
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3Cited by45 opinions
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