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THE PEOPLE v. NELSON

No. 42732.

47 Ill.2d 570 (1971)

268 N.E.2d 2

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. WILLIAM HOWARD NELSON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed March 16, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

MORTON ZWICK, Director of Defender Project, (MATTHEW J. MORAN, of counsel,) for appellant.

WILLIAM J. SCOTT, Attorney General, of Springfield, and JAMES N. DE WULF, State's Attorney, of Rock Island, (THOMAS J. IMMEL and FRED G. LEACH, Assistant Attorneys General, and ROBERT C. SHEARER, Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE RYAN delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an appeal from an order of the circuit court of Rock Island County which, after a hearing, denied the defendant's amended petition for relief under the Post-Conviction Hearing Act. Ill. Rev. Stat. 1967, ch. 38, par. 122-1 et seq.

The defendant was arrested on a complaint charging burglary. On December 20, 1966, he was brought before the court in Rock Island County...

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