PEOPLE v. EDWARDS

No. 84-1781.

147 Ill. App.3d 276 (1986)

497 N.E.2d 1218

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. VICTOR EDWARDS, Defendant-Appellant.

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

Opinion filed August 28, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Joan S. Cherry, Mary Ellen Dienes, and Lynn M. Egan, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


Reversed and remanded.

JUSTICE McMORROW delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Victor Edwards, appeals from the trial court's dismissal of his petition for post-conviction relief pursuant to the Illinois Post-Conviction Hearing Act (PCHA). (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 38, par. 122-1 et seq.) Defendant raises the following issues for our review: (1) whether the trial court judge who accepted defendant's plea of guilty erred in presiding over the...

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