THE PEOPLE v. KING

No. 40348.

39 Ill.2d 295 (1968)

235 N.E.2d 585

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. JOSEPH DANIEL KING, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed March 28, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ROBERT G. PLATER, of Robinson, appointed by the court, for appellant.

WILLIAM G. CLARK, Attorney General, of Springfield, and E.H. PRICE, State's Attorney, of Robinson, (FRED G. LEACH, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel,) for the People.


Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE WARD delivered the opinion of the court:

The petitioner, Joseph Daniel King, was convicted of burglary by a jury in January, 1964, in the circuit court of Crawford County and sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of 7 to 14 years. On November 11, 1965, the petitioner filed a petition pro se under the Post-Conviction Hearing Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1965, chap. 38, par. 122...

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