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PEOPLE v. JONES

No. 48140.

66 Ill.2d 152 (1977)

361 N.E.2d 1104

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. CHARLES JONES, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed March 23, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Bradley, First Deputy, and Martin Carlson, Assistant Appellate Defender, Office of State Appellate Defender, of Chicago, for appellant.

William J. Scott, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (James B. Zagel and Jayne A. Carr, Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, and Laurence J. Bolon, Joan S. Cherry, and Michael R. Lewis, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE RYAN delivered the opinion of the court:

After a bench trial in the circuit court of Cook County, Charles Jones was found guilty of the murder of George Johnson and sentenced to 20 to 40 years' imprisonment. The judgment was affirmed on direct appeal. (People v. Jones, 121 Ill.App.2d 268.) Jones then filed a petition under the Post-Conviction Hearing Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1971...

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