PEOPLE v. BROOKS

No. 77-642.

58 Ill. App.3d 674 (1978)

374 N.E.2d 1066

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Respondent-Appellee, v. WINSTON BROOKS, Petitioner-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (4th Division).

Opinion filed March 30, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Lee T. Hettinger, James S. Veldman, and Francis X. Speh, Jr., Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE DIERINGER delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an appeal from an order of the circuit court of Cook County dismissing the post-conviction petition of Winston Brooks. The petition sought relief from his conviction for attempt rape and three- to nine-year prison sentence. This was a bench trial.

The issue presented for review is whether a free trial transcript must be supplied by the court in a post-conviction...

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