PEOPLE v. BENNETT

No. 79-83.

82 Ill. App.3d 596 (1980)

403 N.E.2d 50

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. FRANK ALLEN BENNETT, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Opinion filed March 27, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Reid and Jeff M. Plesko, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Mt. Vernon, for appellant.

Walden E. Morris, State's Attorney, of Harrisburg (Martin N. Ashley and William S. Zale, both of State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of counsel), for the People.


Affirmed in part, and reversed in part and remanded.

Mme JUSTICE SPOMER delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant appeals from denial of his motion to withdraw his guilty plea, entered on the charge of murder, for which he was sentenced to 30 years' imprisonment. He further appeals from dismissal of his post-conviction petition, based on the same charge, which has been consolidated with his direct appeal.

Defendant was charged by information with...

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