THE PEOPLE v. HEIRENS

No. 40628.

38 Ill.2d 294 (1967)

230 N.E.2d 875

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Respondent, v. WILLIAM HEIRENS, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied November 27, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

CALVIN SAWIER, of Chicago, appointed by the court, for petitioner.

WILLIAM G. CLARK, Attorney General, of Springfield, (RICHARD A. MICHAEL and PHILIP J. ROCK, Assistant Attorneys General, of counsel,) for the People.


Motion denied.

Mr. JUSTICE SCHAEFER delivered the opinion of the court:

This is the third time that this court has considered this case. What has gone before must be stated, to explain how it happens that the case is before this court again, and why we dispose of it as we do.

On September 4, 1946, William Heirens, hereafter defendant, who was represented by retained counsel, pleaded guilty to three charges...

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