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THE PEOPLE v. PRIDGEN

No. 39837.

37 Ill.2d 295 (1967)

226 N.E.2d 598

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. CHARLES PRIDGEN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed May 18, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

JAMES T. DOUGHERTY, of Chicago, appointed by the court, for appellant.

WILLIAM G. CLARK, Attorney General, of Springfield, and JOHN J. STAMOS, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (FRED G. LEACH, Assistant Attorney General, and ELMER C. KISSANE and CARL M. WALSH, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel, for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. CHIEF JUSTICE SOLFISBURG delivered the opinion of the court:

In 1959 Charles Pridgen was charged in the circuit court of Cook County with the crime of burglary, was tried by the court and sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of 20 to 30 years. In May of 1963 the defendant filed a pro se petition seeking relief under the Post-Conviction Hearing Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1961, chap. 38, par. 826, et seq.,) contending that...

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