PEOPLE EX REL. WALKER v. TWOMEY

No. 72-118.

9 Ill. App.3d 544 (1973)

291 N.E.2d 833

THE PEOPLE ex rel. GERALD DANIEL WALKER, Petitioner-Appellant, v. JOHN J. TWOMEY, Warden, Illinois State Penitentiary, Respondent-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Second District.

January 16, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John T. Perry, of Vescelus, Perry & Pollard, of Wheaton, for appellant.

Jack Hoogasian, State's Attorney, of Waukegan, (Dudley E. Owens, Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel.) for appellee.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE SEIDENFELD delivered the opinion of the court:

Gerald Daniel Walker petitioned the circuit court of Lake County for a writ of habeas corpus, seeking his discharge from Statesville Penitentiary. He appeals from the denial of the writ, contending that the circuit court of Lake County did not afford him effective assistance of counsel in the preparation and presentation of his pro se post-conviction petition, and denied...

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