THE PEOPLE v. OLSON

No. 42590.

46 Ill.2d 167 (1970)

263 N.E.2d 92

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. JUNIOR L. OLSON, JR., Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 22, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

JOHN J. CONNORS, of Arlington Heights, 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 VELDMAN, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

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

On March 16, 1964, while represented by the public defender, Junior L. Olson entered pleas of guilty in the Cook County Circuit Court to charges of rape, robbery and deviate sexual assault and was sentenced to concurrent terms of imprisonment. Some three years later he filed a pro se post-conviction petition containing, inter alia, allegations of incompetency on...

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