PEOPLE v. WILLIS

No. 63152.

50 Ill. App.3d 498 (1977)

365 N.E.2d 597

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Respondent-Appellee, v. LESTER E. WILLIS, Petitioner-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (1st Division).

Opinion filed June 20, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dorothea Kaplan, of Chicago, for appellant.

Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Laurence J. Bolon, James S. Veldman, and Louis R. Schroeder, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE O'CONNOR delivered the opinion of the court:

Lester E. Willis appeals from the order of the circuit court of Cook County dismissing his petition for post-conviction relief without an evidentiary hearing. He argues that he was entitled to an evidentiary hearing because the petition, affidavits and transcript of his trial wherein he pleaded guilty made a prima facie showing of his right to relief where (1) the admonitions of the...

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