People v. Griswold

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE ALLOY

delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an appeal from a denial of post-conviction relief to defendant William Griswold who was convicted of armed robbery in a jury trial in the circuit court of Rock Island County on July 6, 1967, and thereafter sentenced to a term of five (5) to twenty (20) years. The judgment was affirmed upon an appeal to the Appellate Court in 100 Ill.App.2d 436, 241 N.E.2d 212.

William Griswold subsequently filed a petition for relief under the Post-Conviction Hearing Act. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1971, ch. 38, sec. 122 — 1 et seq.) An evidentiary…