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THE PEOPLE v. EATMON

No. 43048.

47 Ill.2d 90 (1970)

264 N.E.2d 194

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. LEWIS EATMON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Announced September 23, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

JAMES B. HADDAD, of Chicago, appointed by the court, 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 JAMES S. VELDMAN, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.

Reversed and remanded.

Mr. CHIEF JUSTICE UNDERWOOD delivered the opinion of the court:

This case comes before us on appeal from an order of the circuit court of Cook County dismissing, without an evidentiary hearing, Lewis Eatmon's pro se petition filed under the Post-Conviction Hearing Act. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1969, ch. 38, par. 122-1 et seq.) At the conclusion of oral argument we announced our judgment reversing and remanding, with directions...

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