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PEOPLE v. BUTLER

No. 71-276.

23 Ill. App.3d 108 (1974)

318 N.E.2d 680

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. HARLEY BUTLER, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

October 18, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Farrell, of Mt. Vernon, and Lynn Sara Frackman, of Chicago, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, for appellant.

James G. Gullett, State's Attorney, of Elizabethtown, for the People.

Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE EBERSPACHER delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an appeal by the defendant, Harley Butler, from an order entered by the circuit court of Hardin County denying defendant's petition for post-conviction relief without an evidentiary hearing.

On November 14, 1961, the defendant was found guilty of burglary by a jury in the circuit court of Hardin County, and was sentenced to 10 years to life imprisonment. On October...

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