PEOPLE v. STACEY

No. 40892.

58 Ill.2d 83 (1974)

317 N.E.2d 24

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. WILLIAM STACEY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 17, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Doherty, Public Defender, of Chicago, for appellant.

William J. Scott, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (James B. Zagel, Assistant Attorney General, and Patrick T. Driscoll, Jr., and William F. Linkul, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE RYAN delivered the opinion of the court:

In 1958 defendant was convicted by a jury in the circuit court of Cook County for the murder of Darlene Todd and was sentenced to 299 years' imprisonment. In 1962 this court affirmed that conviction. (People v. Stacey, 25 Ill.2d 258.) In 1967 the defendant filed a petition for a post-conviction hearing...

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