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PEOPLE v. JEWETT

No. 56502.

4 Ill. App.3d 738 (1972)

281 N.E.2d 693

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ERNEST T. JEWETT, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District.

March 14, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald W. Getty, Public Defender, of Chicago, (Fred Shandling 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 Arthur Belkind, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE SCHWARTZ delivered the opinion of the court:

In a post-conviction petition the defendant alleged that he was induced to plead guilty to a charge of manslaughter on his attorney's assurance that if he so pleaded the judge would sentence him to five years' imprisonment, and if he did not plead guilty the State would seek the death penalty or life imprisonment.

The defendant was indicted for murder. On March 1, 1967, he...

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