THE PEOPLE v. DUDLEY

No. 42893.

46 Ill.2d 305 (1970)

263 N.E.2d 1

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. THOMAS EARL DUDLEY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 29, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

DALE A. ALLISON, JR., of Mount Carmel, appointed by the court, for appellant.

GEORGE W. WOOLCOCK, State's Attorney, of Mount Carmel, for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE WARD delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Thomas Earl Dudley, has appealed from an order of the circuit court of Wabash County which dismissed without an evidentiary hearing a petition prepared by his appointed attorney and filed under the Post-Conviction Hearing Act. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1969, ch. 38, par. 122-1 et seq.) The circuit court in its order cited the conclusional character of the allegations in the...

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