PEOPLE v. PECKA

No. 5-87-0155.

183 Ill. App.3d 60 (1989)

538 N.E.2d 1189

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JOHN PECKA, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Opinion filed May 1, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel D. Yuhas and Thomas M. Gabrielsen, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Springfield, for appellant.

Sherri L.E. Tungate, State's Attorney, of Louisville (Kenneth R. Boyle, Stephen E. Norris, and Matthew E. Franklin, all of State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Office, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE LEWIS delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, John Pecka, appeals from the trial court's denial of his amended petition for post-conviction relief in a judgment entered February 1, 1987. On July 19, 1982, defendant was sentenced to 30 years' imprisonment for murder. The conviction and sentence were affirmed on direct appeal. (People v. Pecka (1984), 125 Ill.App.3d 570...

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