The PEOPLE v. Smith

Defendant was tried in the criminal court of Cook County under indictment 56-2256 for armed robbery, was found guilty, and sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of from 8 to 18 years. That conviction is not before us, Subsequently he was brought to trial on an entirely different charge, under indictment 57-100, also for armed robbery. After withdrawing a plea of not guilty, he entered a plea of guilty, and was sentenced to a term identical to and concurrent with that previously given under indictment 56-2256. He then filed in the trial court a petition for a post-conviction hearing…