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PEOPLE v. CHATMAN

No. 40743.

56 Ill.2d 233 (1974)

306 N.E.2d 874

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. MELVIN CHATMAN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed January 23, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William B. Moran, of Northbrook, for appellant.

William J. Scott, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (James B. Zagel, Assistant Attorney General, and Kenneth L. Gillis and Lee T. Hettinger, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE SCHAEFER delivered the opinion of the court:

In 1965, the defendant, Melvin Chatman, pleaded guilty in the circuit court of Cook County to three indictments covering three separate incidents, and was sentenced to imprisonment of not less than seven nor more than thirteen years on each indictment, the sentences to run concurrently. His post-conviction petition was dismissed on motion of the prosecution without an evidentiary hearing...

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