PEOPLE v. HOLLINS

No. 42570.

51 Ill.2d 68 (1972)

280 N.E.2d 710

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. JESSE LEE HOLLINS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed March 21, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

CHARLES O. BRIZIUS, of Chicago, appointed by the court, 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 PAUL P. BIEBEL JR., Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


Reversed and remanded.

MR. JUSTICE GOLDENHERSH delivered the opinion of the court:

Petitioner, Jesse Lee Hollins, appeals from the judgment of the circuit court of Cook County dismissing, without an evidentiary hearing, his petition filed under the provisions of the Post-Conviction Hearing Act. Ill. Rev. Stat. 1969, ch. 38, par. 122-1 et seq.

On February 11, 1954, petitioner pleaded guilty to a charge of burglary. He was then 16 years of age...

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