PEOPLE v. CUMMINS

No. 32399.

414 Ill. 308 (1953)

111 N.E.2d 307

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. CHARLES J. CUMMINS, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed March 23, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

GUY E. McGAUGHEY, JR., of Lawrenceville, for plaintiff in error.

IVAN A. ELLIOTT, Attorney General, of Springfield, and PHILIP B. BENEFIEL, State's Attorney, of Lawrenceville, (WILLIAM C. WINES, and JOHN T. COBURN, of counsel,) for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE DAILY delivered the opinion of the court:

Charles J. Cummins is presently serving a term of one to twenty years in the Illinois State Penitentiary for the crime of indecent liberties with a male child. He was convicted and sentenced on a plea of guilty entered in the circuit court of Lawrence County on April 10, 1945. Seeking relief under the provisions of the Post-Conviction Hearing...

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