THE PEOPLE v. SMITH

No. 39790.

37 Ill.2d 622 (1967)

230 N.E.2d 169

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. CURTIS A. SMITH, JR., Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 29, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

CORDELL J. OVERGAARD, 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 JAMES A. STAMOS, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.


Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE KLUCZYNSKI delivered the opinion of the court:

Petitioner, Curtis Smith, filed a pro se petition in the circuit court of Cook County for a hearing under the Post-Conviction Hearing Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1965, chap. 38, art. 122) to review his conviction upon pleas of guilty to indictments charging him with rape, robbery, and assault with intent to commit rape. The trial court...

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