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THE PEOPLE v. WALTER HILL

No. 41793.

44 Ill.2d 312 (1970)

255 N.E.2d 383

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. WALTER F. HILL, JR., Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed January 28, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

GERALD M. WERKSMAN, 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 MICHAEL D. STEVENSON, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE KLUCZYNSKI delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an appeal in a post-conviction proceeding wherein the circuit court of Cook County dismissed on motion petitioner's pro se petition.

On January 8, 1960, petitioner, Walter F. Hill, Jr., pleaded guilty to the crime of murder and was sentenced to a term of 75 years imprisonment. Approximately eight years later, in November...

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