The PEOPLE v. Wilcoxen

This is an appeal from an order of the circuit court of Mason County granting the State’s Attorney’s motion to dismiss a petition under the Post-Conviction Hearing Act. Ill. Rev. Stat. 1965, ch. 38, par. 122 — 1 et seq.

The defendant, Bruce Wilcoxen, age 20, was charged in two counts with burglary and the misdemeanor of theft on November 29, 1967, by way of an information. An attorney was appointed to defend him on November 30, 1967. On December 28, 1967, the defendant appeared personally and by his court-appointed counsel in open court and, after an explanation of his rights, waived his right…