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THE PEOPLE v. WATSON

No. 43345.

48 Ill.2d 387 (1971)

270 N.E.2d 29

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. JAMES A. WATSON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed May 21, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

GARY H. PALM, DAVID C. THOMAS, and JEAN POWERS KAMP (Senior Law Student), all of Chicago, 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 JAMES STERNIK, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE SCHAEFER delivered the opinion of the court:

In September of 1965 a jury in the circuit court of Cook County found the defendant, James A. Watson, guilty of burglary, and he was sentenced to imprisonment for not less than 5 nor more than 15 years. The judgment was affirmed by the appellate court in September of 1967. (87 Ill.App.2d 453.) The defendant's post-conviction petition, filed...

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