The People v. Thomas

On writ of error this case reaches us to review a conviction of defendant in the criminal court of Cook County, where he was found guilty of burglary on a bench trial and given an indeterminate sentence of seven to ten years in the Illinois State Penitentiary. In addition to proceeding here on a writ of error from the original judgment of conviction, defendant has petitioned for a writ of error to review a judgment of the trial court denying a post-conviction petition. The writ of error and the petition under the Post-Conviction Hearing Act have been consolidated for disposition.

Defendant in…