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PEOPLE v. CALDWELL

No. 43790.

55 Ill.2d 152 (1973)

304 N.E.2d 292

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. COTTRELL CALDWELL, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed October 1, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

MICHAEL A. UNGER, of Chicago, appointed by the court (STUART J. REILLY and JOSEPH V. RODDY, of counsel), for appellant.

WILLIAM J. SCOTT, Attorney General, of Springfield, and BERNARD CAREY, State's Attorney, of Chicago (JAMES B. ZAGEL, Assistant Attorney General, and KENNETH L. GILLIS and MARIANN TWIST, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE DAVIS delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant was charged with murder. He was represented by appointed counsel and pleaded guilty as charged in the circuit court of Cook County. No appeal was taken. The case is now before this court on appeal from the dismissal by that court of the defendant's petition under the Post-Conviction Hearing Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1969, ch. 38, par. 122-1 et seq.) without an evidentiary...

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