PEOPLE v. DAVIS

No. 77-1553.

65 Ill. App.3d 580 (1978)

382 N.E.2d 594

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Respondent-Appellee, v. BRUCE ALAN DAVIS, Petitioner-Appellant.

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

Rehearing denied November 21, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph Ruebner and Patricia Unsinn, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Chicago, for appellant.

Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Lee T. Hettinger, Mary Ann Callum, and Stephen D. Ferrone, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE STAMOS delivered the opinion of the court:

This appeal arises from the dismissal, by the Circuit Court of Cook County, of appellant's petition for post-conviction relief. The petition essentially alleged that there was a bona fide doubt as to petitioner's competency to withdraw a plea of not guilty and enter a guilty plea.

In November of 1971, petitioner was arrested in San Francisco, California, on charges...

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