THE PEOPLE v. VAIL

No. 42324.

46 Ill.2d 589 (1970)

264 N.E.2d 201

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. RUFUS VAIL, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed November 17, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

LEAH S. HAMILTON, 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 and JOEL M. FLAUM, Assistant Attorneys General, and ROBERT A. NOVELLE and PAUL P. BIEBEL, JR., Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE CULBERTSON delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Rufus Vail, who was originally convicted of the crimes of rape and deviate sexual assault, here appeals from an order of the circuit court of Cook County dismissing his petition for relief under the Post-Conviction Hearing Act. Ill. Rev. Stat. 1967, ch. 38, par. 122-1 et seq.

Pertinent facts disclose that the judgment of conviction was affirmed on appeal...

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