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THE PEOPLE v. SLAUGHTER

Nos. 39424, 40071, and 40688 cons.

39 Ill.2d 278 (1968)

235 N.E.2d 566

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. DANIEL SLAUGHTER, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed March 28, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

CARL F. McGARRITY, of LaGrange, 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, Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel,) for the People.

Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE SCHAEFER delivered the opinion of the court:

The basic issue that permeates these consolidated cases concerns the quality of representation required of counsel appointed to represent an indigent prisoner in proceedings under the Post-Conviction Hearing Act. Ill. Rev. Stat. 1965, chap. 38, pars. 122-1 through 122-7.

After a trial before a judge of the circuit court of Cook County, the defendant, Daniel Slaughter, was...

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