THE PEOPLE v. FARMER

No. 39119.

34 Ill.2d 218 (1966)

215 N.E.2d 232

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. RUDOLPHUS FARMER, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed March 24, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

RONALD L. COHEN, of Chicago, 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 CARMEN SPERANZA, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE HOUSE delivered the opinion of the court:

Rudolphus Farmer was convicted of murder in 1959 and sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of 25 years. We reviewed and affirmed his conviction in People v. Farmer, 28 Ill.2d 521. Six months later he filed a petition under the Post-Conviction Act in the circuit court of Cook County alleging...

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