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THE PEOPLE v. ROGERS

No. 37064.

26 Ill.2d 599 (1963)

188 N.E.2d 22

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. DANIEL ROGERS, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed February 1, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

DANIEL ROGERS, pro se.

WILLIAM G. CLARK, Attorney General, of Springfield, and DANIEL P. WARD, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (FRED G. LEACH and E. MICHAEL O'BRIEN, Assistant Attorneys General, and EDWARD J. HLADIS and EDWIN J. BELZ, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE UNDERWOOD delivered the opinion of the Court:

Defendant, Daniel Rogers, pleaded guilty to the crime of voluntary manslaughter, and was sentenced by the criminal court of Cook County to a term of 12 years in the penitentiary. On this writ of error to review that judgment, defendant contends that he entered his plea of guilty on the advice of incompetent court-assigned counsel, who should have moved to dismiss the charges against...

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