PEOPLE v. ROONEY

No. 71-326.

6 Ill. App.3d 527 (1972)

285 N.E.2d 586

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JOHN J. ROONEY, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Rehearing denied August 2, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Bradley, of Defender Project, of Mt. Vernon, (L.R. Weeks, Senior Law Student, of counsel,) for appellant.

Robert H. Rice, State's Attorney, of Belleville, (Kenneth J. Juen, Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel,) for the People.


Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE EBERSPACHER delivered the opinion of the court:

Petitioner filed a pro se petition for post-conviction relief on October 31, 1969. A public defender was appointed to represent petitioner at the post-conviction hearing; petitioner requested his removal on February 10, 1970, and on April 8, 1970, another attorney was appointed. On September 28, 1970, the petition was dismissed for insufficiency upon a motion by the State...

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