THE PEOPLE v. SIGAFUS

No. 41682.

42 Ill.2d 272 (1969)

246 N.E.2d 255

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. LON CHRISTOPHER SIGAFUS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed March 27, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

LON CHRISTOPHER SIGAFUS, pro se.

WILLIAM G. CLARK, Attorney General, of Springfield, and WILLIAM R. NASH, State's Attorney, of Rockford, (FRED G. LEACH, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel,) for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE UNDERWOOD delivered the opinion of the court:

The petitioner, Lon Christopher Sigafus, appeals from the judgment of the circuit court of Winnebago County denying his petition for writ of habeas corpus.

Petitioner was convicted of theft and sentenced to 2 to 7 years imprisonment. Subsequently his petition for relief under the Post-Conviction Hearing Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1965, ch. 38, par. 122-1) was denied. On appeal...

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