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PEOPLE v. WINFIELD

No. 45035.

56 Ill.2d 254 (1974)

307 N.E.2d 126

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. LARRY G. WINFIELD, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed January 23, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce Stratton, District Defender, Illinois Defender Project, of Ottawa (Stephen P. Hurley, Assistant District Defender, of counsel), for appellant.

William J. Scott, Attorney General, of Springfield (James B. Zagel and Steven J. Rosenberg, Assistant Attorneys General, of counsel), for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE SCHAEFER delivered the opinion of the court:

In October of 1955, the defendant, Larry G. Winfield, pleaded guilty in the circuit court of Will County to an indictment which charged him with armed robbery. More than 14 years later, in December of 1969, he filed a petition under the Post-Conviction Hearing Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1969, ch. 38, par. 122-1 et seq.), seeking to set aside his conviction. After an evidentiary hearing...

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