Supreme Court of the United States, 1950

Willis v. Ragen

Willis v. Ragen
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided January 16, 1950
338 U.S. 944 (United States Reports)

Willis v. Ragen

Opinion of the Court

Criminal Court of Cook County, Illinois; and

Circuit Court of Marion County, Illinois. The petition for writ *945of certiorari in each of these cases is denied without consideration of the questions raised therein and without prejudice to the institution by petitioner of proceedings in any Illinois state court of competent jurisdiction under the Act of August 4, 1949, entitled: β€œAn Act to provide a remedy for persons convicted and imprisoned in the penitentiary, who assert that rights guaranteed them by the Constitution of the United States or the State of Illinois, or both, have been denied or violated, in proceedings in which they were convicted.” Laws of Illinois, 1949, p. 722.

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