PEOPLE EX REL. SKINNER v. RANDOLPH

No. 39929.

35 Ill.2d 589 (1966)

221 N.E.2d 279

THE PEOPLE ex rel. Charles Skinner, Appellant, v. ROSS V. RANDOLPH, Warden, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed November 14, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

CHARLES SKINNER, pro se, appellant.

WILLIAM G. CLARK, Attorney General, of Springfield, for the appellee.


Order affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE HOUSE delivered the opinion of the court:

Charles Skinner, whose conviction of murder was affirmed by this court in 1947 on writ of error, (People v. Skinner, 397 Ill. 273,) now appeals from an order dismissing a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. His contentions are: (1) that the incompetency of two counsel appointed to defend him, and the lunacy of one such counsel, denied him a fair and impartial trial...

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