THE PEOPLE v. COX

No. 39276.

34 Ill.2d 66 (1966)

213 N.E.2d 524

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. CLIFTON H. COX, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed January 25, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

MICHAEL F. SHEEHAN, JR., of Chicago, appointed by the court, for appellant.

WILLIAM G. CLARK, Attorney General, of Springfield, and DANIEL P. WARD, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (FRED G. LEACH, Assistant Attorney General, and ELMER C. KISSANE and JAMES B. KLEIN, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.


Order affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE HERSHEY delivered the opinion of the court:

Clifton H. Cox appeals from an order of the circuit court of Cook County dismissing a petition for post-conviction relief, filed under the provisions of the Post-Conviction Hearing Act. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1963, chap. 38, pars. 122-1 et seq.) Constitutional questions give us jurisdiction of the appeal.

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