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PEOPLE v. DIXON

No. 5-86-0020.

160 Ill. App.3d 65 (1987)

513 N.E.2d 134

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Respondent-Appellee, v. MELVIN DIXON, Petitioner-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Opinion filed September 1, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel D. Yuhas and Gary R. Peterson, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Springfield, for appellant.

John Baricevic, State's Attorney, of Belleville (Kenneth R. Boyle, Stephen E. Norris, and Kim G. Noffke, all of State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Office, of counsel), for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE WELCH delivered the opinion of the court:

The St. Clair County circuit court found defendant Melvin Dixon (petitioner) guilty of the offense of rape and sentenced him to 20 years in the department of corrections. On appeal this court affirmed petitioner's conviction and sentence. Thereafter, petitioner filed a post-conviction petition which was denied after a hearing on the State's motion to dismiss. From this order petitioner appeals...

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