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THE PEOPLE v. LYONS

No. 42596.

46 Ill.2d 172 (1970)

263 N.E.2d 95

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. ISIAH LYONS, JR., Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 22, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

THOMAS CASSIDY, 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 A. FELDMAN, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.

Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE KLUCZYNSKI delivered the opinion of the court:

Isiah Lyons, Jr., prosecutes this appeal from a judgment in the circuit court of Cook County, dismissing, on motion of the State, his pro se petition filed pursuant to the Post-Conviction Hearing Act. Ill. Rev. Stat. 1967, ch. 38, par. 122-1 et seq.

In 1964, petitioner was convicted of murder and sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of from 40 to 50...

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