THE PEOPLE v. KELLEY

No. 41871.

44 Ill.2d 315 (1970)

255 N.E.2d 390

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. PAUL DAVID KELLEY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed January 28, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

CHAPMAN, STRAWN & KINDER, of Granite City, (CHARLES W. CHAPMAN, of counsel,) appointed by the court, for appellant.

WILLIAM J. SCOTT, Attorney General, of Springfield, and ROLAND W. GRIFFITH, State's Attorney, of Alton, (JAMES B. ZAGEL, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel,) for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

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

The circuit court of Madison County, in 1965, accepted the guilty plea of Paul David Kelley to the charge of murder and sentenced him to the penitentiary for a term of 50 to 100 years. A subsequent denial of his habeas corpus petition was affirmed by us in People ex rel. Kelley v. Frye, 41 Ill.2d 287. He later filed...

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