THE PEOPLE v. WEAVER

No. 42540.

45 Ill.2d 136 (1970)

256 N.E.2d 816

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. TENNIE WEAVER, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed March 24, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

JULIUS LUCIUS ECHELES and FREDERICK F. COHN, of Chicago, for appellant.

WILLIAM J. SCOTT, Attorney General, of Springfield, and JAMES N. DeWULF, State's Attorney, of Rock Island, (FRED G. LEACH, Assistant Attorney General, and RONALD C. TABER, Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel,) for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE KLUCZYNSKI delivered the opinion of the court:

On this appeal from the circuit court of Rock Island County, petitioner, Tennie Weaver, complains that his petition filed pursuant to the Post-Conviction Hearing Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1967, ch. 38, par. 122-1 et seq.) was improperly denied.

Weaver was tried by a jury, found guilty of the crimes of burglary, possession of burglary...

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