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THE PEOPLE v. RIOJAS

No. 42831.

47 Ill.2d 47 (1970)

265 N.E.2d 865

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. PAUL RIOJAS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed November 18, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

GERALD W. GETTY, Public Defender, of Chicago, (HAROLD A. COWEN, RONALD P. KATZ, and JAMES J. DOHERTY, Assistant Public Defenders, of counsel,) 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 ROBERT A. NOVELLE and NICHOLAS A. DEJOHN, (Senior law Student) Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE KLUCZYNSKI delivered the opinion of the court:

On this appeal from the circuit court of Cook County defendant, Paul Riojas, complains that his petition filed pursuant to the Post-Conviction Hearing Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1967, ch. 38, par. 122-1 et seq.) was improperly dismissed.

On November 1, 1965, after a plea of guilty to the crime of voluntary manslaughter, Riojas was sentenced to three years probation. No appeal was...

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