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PEOPLE v. MASON

No. 84-2802.

145 Ill. App.3d 218 (1986)

494 N.E.2d 1176

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. MARVA MASON, a/k/a Linda Wells, Defendant-Appellant.

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

Opinion filed May 22, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven Clark, Alan D. Goldberg, and Michael J. Pelletier, all of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Chicago, for appellant.

Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Joan S. Cherry, Paula M. Carstensen, and Jeffrey S. Ryan, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Reversed and remanded.

JUSTICE JIGANTI delivered the opinion of the court:

This appeal arises from the summary dismissal of a pro se petition for post-conviction relief filed by the defendant, Marva Mason, a/k/a Linda Wells, and the denial of her request for the appointment of counsel. The defendant on appeal challenges the constitutionality of section 122-2.1 of the Post-Conviction Hearing Act (Act) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 38, par. 122-2.1) which...

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