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PEOPLE v. STAMPS

No. 72-60.

8 Ill. App.3d 896 (1972)

291 N.E.2d 274

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JOHN WILLIAM STAMPS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Rehearing denied January 22, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Bradley, of Defender Project, of Mt. Vernon, (Kenneth L. Jones, of counsel,) for appellant.

R.W. Griffith, State's Attorney, of Edwardsville, for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE CREBS delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, John William Stamps, pleaded guilty to murder in the Circuit Court of Madison County and was sentenced to a term of 25 years in the penitentiary. No direct appeal was taken, but subsequently a number of proceedings were initiated in the trial court culminating in a dismissal of a post-conviction petition without an evidentiary hearing. This appeal is from that dismissal. It...

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