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THE PEOPLE v. LYONS

No. 40562.

42 Ill.2d 437 (1969)

250 N.E.2d 133

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. ROLLIE WALTER LYONS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed May 28, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

JOHN E. FICK, of Decatur, appointed by the court, for appellant.

WILLIAM J. SCOTT, Attorney General, of Springfield, and BASIL G. GREANIAS, State's Attorney, of Decatur, (FRED G. LEACH, Assistant Attorney General, and FREDERICK P. ERICKSON, Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE WARD delivered the opinion of the court:

The appellant, Rollie Walter Lyons, on April 3, 1964, pleaded guilty in the circuit court of Macon County to a charge of armed robbery and was sentenced to a term of one to twenty years, which was ordered to run concurrently with another sentence he was serving. On January 20, 1967, he filed a petition seeking relief under the Post-Conviction...

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