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THE PEOPLE v. JONES

No. 43298.

48 Ill.2d 410 (1971)

270 N.E.2d 409

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. JOE JONES, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed May 21, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

MORTON ZWICK, Director of Defender Project, (THOMAS E. GREENLAND, of counsel,) for appellant.

WILLIAM J. SCOTT, Attorney General, of Springfield, and ROBERT H. RICE, State's Attorney, of Belleville, (FRED G. LEACH and THOMAS J. IMMEL, Assistant Attorneys General, and WILLIAM POSTON, Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel,) for the People.

Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE WARD delivered the opinion of the court:

The petitioner, Joe Jones, entered a plea of guilty in the circuit court of St. Clair County on January 17, 1966, to a charge of voluntary manslaughter and was sentenced to a term of from 15 to 20 years in the penitentiary. On September 30, 1968, the petitioner, acting pro se, filed a petition under the Post-Conviction Hearing Act. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1967, ch. 38, par. 122-1 ...

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