PEOPLE v. WILLIAMS

No. 42710.

52 Ill.2d 466 (1972)

288 N.E.2d 353

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. JAMES WILLIAMS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed October 2, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

DAVID A. DECKER, of Waukegan, 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 ELMER C. KISSANE and MARK T. ZUBOR, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE WARD delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, James Williams, has appealed to this court from the dismissal by the circuit court of Cook County of his petition under the Post-Conviction Hearing Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1971, ch. 38, par. 122-1 et seq.), which complained of his convictions on August 2, 1968, on charges of unlawful possession of narcotic drugs and bail jumping...

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