The PEOPLE v. Williams

On May 14, 1968, a jury in the circuit court of Lake County found the defendant, Herbert Williams, guilty of the sale of narcotics, and he was sentenced to imprisonment for not less than ten nor more than eleven years. His post-conviction petition was dismissed after a hearing, and he has appealed.

In this court he contends that his court-appointed trial counsel failed to transmit to him an offer made by the State’s Attorney to accept a plea of guilty to a lesser offense; that his court-appointed trial counsel was incompetent; and that his court-appointed appellate counsel did not effectively…