PEOPLE v. MORRIS

No. 62850.

47 Ill. App.3d 732 (1977)

365 N.E.2d 424

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. RONALD MORRIS, Defendant-Appellant.

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

Opinion filed April 7, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Doherty, Public Defender, of Chicago (John Thomas Moran and Timothy P. O'Neill, Assistant Public Defenders, of counsel), for appellant.

Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Laurence J. Bolon, Mary Ellen Dienes, and Michael J. Polelle, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


Order affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE MEJDA delivered the opinion of the court:

Petitioner, Ronald Morris (above referred to as defendant-appellant), appeals from an order of the circuit court of Cook County denying his petition for post-conviction relief. We affirm. The pertinent facts follow.

On February 5, 1964, Morris was indicted for the murder of an elderly woman by repeated stabbing. After a jury trial, he was found guilty and

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