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PEOPLE v. BENNETT

No. 58776.

20 Ill. App.3d 828 (1974)

314 N.E.2d 320

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CLINTON BENNETT, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (5th Division).

June 7, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Doherty, Public Defender, of Chicago (J. Powers McGuire, of counsel), for appellant.

Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Kenneth L. Gillis, Mariann Twist, and Nicholas P. Iavarone, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE BARRETT delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant appeals from an order sustaining the motion of the State to dismiss the defendant's pro se post-conviction petition without an evidentiary hearing. The Public Defender was appointed to represent the petitioner.

After prior pleas of not guilty to charges of murder and illegal possession of narcotics, the defendant on October 28, 1968, changed his pleas to...

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