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PEOPLE v. JACKSON

No. 58630.

16 Ill. App.3d 621 (1973)

306 N.E.2d 725

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Respondent-Appellee, v. FRANK JACKSON, Petitioner-Appellant.

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

December 19, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Bradley, Deputy Defender, of Chicago (Steven Clark, Assistant Appellate Defender, of counsel), for appellant.

Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Kenneth L. Gillis and Sharon Hope Grossman, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE DIERINGER delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an appeal from an order of the Circuit Court of Cook County sustaining a motion to dismiss a post-conviction petition.

The only issue presented on appeal is whether the failure of defendant's counsel to amend the pro se post-conviction petition amounted to inadequate representation.

The defendant, Frank Jackson, was indicted for the murder of Sally Strickland...

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