People v. Loden

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE RECHENMACHER

delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant was convicted of burglary and filed a petition for post-conviction hearing. After the hearing the trial court denied the petition, from which ruling the defendant appeals on the following grounds: (1) that he was denied due process of law because his counsel was not properly prepared and did not represent him adequately at the post-conviction hearing, (2) that the trial court erred in refusing to allow the motion of defendant’s counsel to amend the post-conviction petition after objections were made to certain…