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PEOPLE EX REL. PALMER v. TWOMEY

No. 44683.

53 Ill.2d 479 (1973)

292 N.E.2d 379

THE PEOPLE ex rel. COBA PALMER, Appellant, v. JOHN J. TWOMEY, Warden, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed January 26, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

BRUCE L. HERR, Illinois Defender Project, of Springfield, for appellant.

WILLIAM J. SCOTT, Attorney General, of Springfield, and PAUL WELCH, State's Attorney, of Bloomington (JAMES B. ZAGEL, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel), for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE GOLDENHERSH delivered the opinion of the court:

Petitioner, Coba Palmer, appeals from the judgment of the circuit court of McLean County dismissing, without an evidentiary hearing, his petition, filed pro se, for a writ of habeas corpus.

The record shows that in a bench trial petitioner was convicted of two counts of theft over $150 and sentenced to the penitentiary. He filed, pro se, a "Petition...

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