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PEOPLE v. GOODWIN

No. 43213.

50 Ill.2d 99 (1971)

277 N.E.2d 131

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee v. HENRY E. GOODWIN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed December 17, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ILLINOIS DEFENDER PROJECT (HOWARD K. PRIESS II, of counsel,) for appellant.

WILLIAM J. SCOTT, Attorney General, of Springfield, and JAMES N. DeWULF, State's Attorney, of Rock Island, (THOMAS J. IMMEL, Assistant Attorney General, and ROBERT C. SHEARER, Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel,) for appellee.

Judgment affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE KLUCZYNSKI delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an appeal from a judgment of the circuit court of Rock Island County dismissing defendant's post-conviction petition. On April 9, 1965, defendant pleaded guilty to a charge of murder and was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of 25 years to life. On July 12, 1968, defendant filed a pro se petition seeking post-conviction relief. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1967, ch. 38...

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