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PEOPLE v. BENNETT

No. 61328.

36 Ill. App.3d 902 (1976)

344 N.E.2d 740

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Respondent-Appellee, v. JAMES BENNETT, Petitioner-Appellant.

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

Opinion filed March 10, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Zeitlin and Schwab, of Chicago (Lance Haddix, of counsel), for appellant.

Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Laurence J. Bolon and Michael E. Shabat, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Order affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE ADESKO delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant-petitioner, James Bennett, appeals from an order granting the motion of the State to dismiss his pro se petition for relief under the Post-Conviction Hearing Act. Ill. Rev. Stat. 1973, ch, 38, § 122-1 et seq.

Defendant was found guilty of both murder and armed robbery by a jury and was sentenced to serve a term of 50 to 100 years in the penitentiary...

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