THE PEOPLE v. EVANS

No. 39714.

37 Ill.2d 27 (1967)

224 N.E.2d 778

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. ROOSEVELT EVANS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed March 29, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

CHARLES E. SHEPHERD, 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, SAUL A. PERDOMO, and CARL M. WALSH, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.


Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE KLUCZYNSKI delivered the opinion of the court:

Two indictments were returned against defendant, Roosevelt Evans, the first charging him with attempted murder and the second with attempted murder and armed robbery, both indictments arising out of the same occurrence. After conviction on pleas of guilty to both indictments, he filed a pro se post-conviction petition to which the

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