THE PEOPLE v. COLLINS

No. 39438.

39 Ill.2d 286 (1968)

235 N.E.2d 570

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. JAMES COLLINS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed March 28, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

DANIEL C. McKARY, 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 OLIVER D. FERGUSON, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.


Order affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE KLUCZYNSKI delivered the opinion of the court:

Petitioner, James Collins, filed a pro se petition under the Post-Conviction Hearing Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1965, chap. 38, par. 122-1 et seq.) asserting that in a bench trial before the circuit court of Cook County which resulted in his conviction of forcible rape, his rights guaranteed by the 5th, 6th and 14th amendments of the Federal constitution and by sections 2 and...

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