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PEOPLE v. BRITTAIN

No. 43783.

52 Ill.2d 91 (1972)

284 N.E.2d 632

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. JOHN P. BRITTAIN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed May 22, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

LAWRENCE S. SPEYER, 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 JAMES E. STERNIK, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Reversed and remanded.

MR. JUSTICE GOLDENHERSH delivered the opinion of the court:

Petitioner, John P. Brittain, appeals from the judgment of the circuit court of Cook County dismissing his petition filed under the provisions of the Post-Conviction Hearing Act. Ill. Rev. Stat. 1969, ch. 38, par. 122-1 et seq.

The record shows that on April 2, 1962, petitioner, represented by the public defender, pleaded guilty to two charges of armed robbery...

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