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THE PEOPLE v. SCOTT

No. 43340.

49 Ill.2d 231 (1971)

274 N.E.2d 39

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. THOMAS SCOTT, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 30, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

THOMAS SCOTT, pro se, and TERRENCE J. MALONEY, Senior Law Student, 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, Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE SCHAEFER delivered the opinion of the court:

On June 1, 1964, the defendant, Thomas Scott, pleaded guilty in the circuit court of Cook County to a charge of murder, and he was sentenced to imprisonment for not less than 25 nor more 50 years. His pro se post-conviction petition was denied without an evidentiary hearing on February 20, 1970, and he has appealed directly to this...

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