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THE PEOPLE v. HAWKINS

No. 41478.

44 Ill.2d 296 (1970)

255 N.E.2d 456

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. WILLIE HAWKINS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed January 28, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

GEORGE P. LYNCH, 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 ELMER C. KISSANE and JAMES S. VELDMAN, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.

Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE KLUCZYNSKI delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an appeal from a judgment in the circuit court of Cook County dismissing, on motion of the State, petitioner's post-conviction petition.

On August 30, 1966, Willie Hawkins pleaded guilty to two charges of burglary and was sentenced to concurrent terms of from three to five years to be served in the Illinois State Penitentiary. Thereafter, in 1968, Hawkins filed...

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