PEOPLE v. THOMAS

No. 41873.

51 Ill.2d 39 (1972)

280 N.E.2d 433

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee and Appellant, v. CHARLES THOMAS, Appellant and Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied March 28, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

LAEL F. JOHNSON and BURTON T. WITT, both of Chicago, appointed by the court, for appellant and appellee.

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 BRENT F. CARLSON, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.


Affirmed in part and reversed in part.

MR. JUSTICE RYAN delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an appeal by the People and by the defendant from judgments entered by the circuit court of Cook County following a hearing on defendant's petition for a post-conviction hearing. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1967, ch. 38, par. 122-1 et seq.) The nature of the judgments appealed from will be discussed later.

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