THE PEOPLE v. HUMPHREY

No. 42044.

46 Ill.2d 88 (1970)

263 N.E.2d 77

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. ALLEN HUMPHREY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 22, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

GERALD W. GETTY, Public Defender, of Chicago, (HAROLD A. COWEN, RONALD P. KATZ, and JAMES J. DOHERTY, Assistant Public Defenders, of counsel,) for appellant.

WILLIAM J. SCOTT, Attorney General, of Springfield, and EDWARD V. HANRAHAN, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (JAMES B. ZAGEL, Assistant Attorney General, and ROBERT A. NOVELLE and MICHAEL J. GOLDSTEIN, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE CREBS delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Allen Humphrey, was found guilty of possession of a narcotic drug in a bench trial in the circuit court of Cook County and was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of 4 to 7 years. No appeal was taken from this conviction. About 20 months later he did, however, file a petition under the Post-Conviction Hearing Act. (Ill. Rev. Stat...

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