People v. Payne

The petitioner-appellant was indicted for murder, burglary, and armed robbery and on July 20, 1965, withdrew a plea of not guilty and pled guilty to the charges. He was sentenced to concurrent terms of 20 to 50 years on each charge and did not appeal from these convictions. The petitioner-appellant filed „a pro se petition under the Post-Conviction Hearing Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1969, ch. 38, par. 122 — 1 et. seq.) on May 19, 1970. On July 29, 1970, a private attorney was appointed to represent the petitioner and on June 23, 1971, the Illinois Defender Project was appointed to substitute as…