The PEOPLE v. Gaines

On November 13, 1962, the defendant, Samuel W. Gaines, pleaded guilty to a charge of armed robbery in the circuit court of St. Clair County and was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of not less than 20 years nor more than 50 years. The defendant’s petition for relief under the Post-Conviction Hearing Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1967, ch. 38, par. 122 — 1 et seq.) was denied on the State’s motion without an evidentiary hearing. The defendant has appealed to this court from this order of dismissal. Ill. Rev. Stat. 1967, ch. 110A, par. 651.

‘The defendant relies here on two allegations of his…