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THE PEOPLE v. WILLIAMS

No. 42783.

47 Ill.2d 239 (1970)

265 N.E.2d 107

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. HERBERT WILLIAMS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed December 4, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

THOMAS P. CERNEK, of Chicago, for appellant.

WILLIAM J. SCOTT, Attorney General, of Springfield, and JACK HOOGASIAN, State's Attorney, of Waukegan, (JAMES B. ZAGEL, Assistant Attorney General, and ALPHONSE WITT, Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE SCHAEFER delivered the opinion of the court:

On May 14, 1968, a jury in the circuit court of Lake County found the defendant, Herbert Williams, guilty of the sale of narcotics, and he was sentenced to imprisonment for not less than ten nor more than eleven years. His post-conviction petition was dismissed after a hearing, and he has appealed.

In this court he contends that his court-appointed trial counsel failed to transmit...

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