PEOPLE v. BRACEY

No. 42162.

51 Ill.2d 514 (1972)

283 N.E.2d 685

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

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Modified on denial of rehearing May 25, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

GERALD W. GETTY, Public Defender, of Chicago (HAROLD A. COWEN and JAMES J. DOHERTY, Assistant Public Defenders, 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 MICHAEL GOLDSTEIN, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE RYAN delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an appeal from the circuit court of Cook County which denied defendant's petition for relief under section 72 of the Civil Practice Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1967, ch. 110, par. 72) and the defendant's petition for relief under the Post-Conviction Hearing Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1967, ch. 38, par. 122-1 et seq.).

The defendant had been convicted of murder at a bench trial...

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