People v. Taylor

In 1963 the petitioner, David Taylor, was tried in the criminal court of Cook County before the court without a jury and found guilty of the crime of indecent liberties, for which he was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of not less than 2 nor more than 10 years. He filed a post-conviction petition which was dismissed on motion without an evidentiary hearing and this appeal has been taken from the order of dismissal.

The post-conviction petition claimed that the State suppressed evidence which was favorable to the petitioner. It was alleged that the complaining witness, a 9-year-old…