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PEOPLE EX REL. JOHNSON v. PATE

No. 42249.

47 Ill.2d 172 (1970)

265 N.E.2d 144

THE PEOPLE ex rel. Earl Johnson, Appellant, v. FRANK J. PATE, Warden, et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed December 4, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

GERALD W. GETTY, Public Defender, of Chicago, (JAMES N. GRAMENOS, Assistant Public Defender, 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 JAMES VELDMAN, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

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

The circuit court of Cook County dismissed Earl Johnson's petition for a writ of habeas corpus, and he appeals from that judgment directly to this court. Supreme Court Rule 302(a), 43 Ill.2d R. 302(a).

In both a pro se petition and an amended petition filed after appointment of counsel, Johnson stated that he was sentenced in 1956 to a term of 99 years...

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