MITCHELL v. THE PEOPLE

N.R. No. 1243.

411 Ill. 407 (1952)

104 N.E.2d 285

JAMES OTIS MITCHELL, Petitioner, v. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Announcement made March 21, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

JAMES OTIS MITCHELL, pro se.

IVAN A. ELLIOTT, Attorney General, of Springfield, and J. ADO WHITESIDE, State's Attorney, of Golconda, for the People.


Writ of error denied.

Per CURIAM:

Petitioner, imprisoned in the Illinois State Penitentiary, under a life sentence for the crime of murder, seeks release from that sentence under the Post-Conviction Hearing Act. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1951, chap. 38, pars. 826-832.) He contends that his three counsel, who were selected and retained by him, were incompetent; wherefore, he conceives that he has been denied due process of law.

Ordinarily, a defendant who retains...

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