PEO. EX REL. JOHNSON v. SHERIFF OF COOK COUNTY

No. 56594.

4 Ill. App.3d 1001 (1972)

282 N.E.2d 776

THE PEOPLE ex rel. THOMAS JOHNSON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. SHERIFF OF COOK COUNTY et al., Respondents-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District.

April 7, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald W. Getty, Public Defender, of Chicago, (James N. Gramenos, Assistant Public Defender, of counsel,) 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 Arthur Belkind, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.


Order affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE DRUCKER delivered the opinion of the court:

This appeal, transferred from the Supreme Court, is from the dismissal of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus.

On May 21, 1970, petitioner filed a pro se petition alleging that his conviction, after a plea of guilty, on a reduced charge of deceptive practices, was void since he was neither represented by counsel...

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