The PEOPLE v. Stovall

This is an appeal from a judgment of the circuit court of Macon County, which, after an evidentiary hearing, denied the petition filed by the petitioner, James W. Stovall, under the Post-Conviction Hearing Act. Ill. Rev. Stat. 1969, ch. 38, pars. 122—1 et seq.

On July 15, 1966, a jury in the circuit court of Macon County found the petitioner guilty of murder and the petitioner was sentenced to a term of 30 to 60 years in the penitentiary. The appellate court affirmed the judgment of conviction. (People v. Hexum, 83 Ill. App. 2d 192.) Thereafter, acting pro se, the petitioner filed a petition…