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PEOPLE v. HAMMOND

No. 60870.

35 Ill. App.3d 370 (1975)

342 N.E.2d 127

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Respondent-Appellee, v. MICHAEL HAMMOND, Petitioner-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (2nd Division).

Rehearing denied February 11, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Doherty, Public Defender, of Chicago (Marc Fogelberg and Ira Churgin, Assistant Public Defenders, of counsel), for appellant.

Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Laurence J. Bolon and Donald M. Devlin, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Order affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE LEIGHTON delivered the opinion of the court:

This appeal arises from a post-conviction proceeding in which the petitioner alleged that at the age of 13 he was convicted of murder after his right to a trial by jury was waived not by him but by his lawyer and his parents. A hearing was held on the petition; the trial court found the allegations were true; but post-conviction relief was denied. The issue presented is whether a 13-year...

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