Supreme Court of the United States, 1951

Franklin v. Maxwell

Franklin v. Maxwell
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided March 26, 1951
340 U.S. 956 (United States Reports)

Franklin v. Maxwell

Opinion of the Court

The petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Washington County, Nashville, Illinois, 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.” Ill. Laws 1949, p. 722.

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