THE PEOPLE v. HAMBY

No. 38481.

32 Ill.2d 291 (1965)

205 N.E.2d 456

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. CARL HAMBY, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed March 18, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

JOSEPH A. PASTORE, of Chicago, for plaintiff in error.

WILLIAM G. CLARK, Attorney General, of Springfield, and DANIEL P. WARD, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (FRED G. LEACH and GEORGE W. KENNEY, Assistant Attorneys General, and ELMER C. KISSANE and PAUL A. O'MALLEY, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.


Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE UNDERWOOD delivered the opinion of the court:

This cause comes here pursuant to writ of error to the then criminal court of Cook County, which entered an order dismissing defendant's amended petition under the Post-Conviction Hearing Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1959, chap. 38, pars. 826-832) without a plenary hearing.

In a June 13, 1956, jury trial defendant was found guilty of...

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