The PEOPLE v. Lansing

On April 22, 1959, the petitioner, Richard Lansing, pleaded guilty in the criminal court of Cook County to a charge of murder and was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of life imprisonment. On October 15, 1964, a petition under the Post-Conviction Hearing Act was filed in the trial court. No hearing was held on the merits of the petition and it was dismissed on the State’s motion on the ground that it was not filed within the time required by law. The petitioner has appealed from the order of dismissal.

At the time the petition was filed and at the time of the order dismissing the…