People v. Palmer

This is an appeal from the denial of defendant’s Amended Post-Conviction Petition which alleged, in effect, that there had been a misunderstanding when the trial judge had accepted a guilty plea on defendant’s behalf.

On November 14, 1967, defendant was indicted for the offense of murder. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1965, ch. 38, par. 9 — 1.) On December 11, 1967, the court appointed an attorney to represent defendant, and a plea of not guilty was entered. After a change of attorneys, with defendant then being represented by privately retained counsel, the case was called for trial on May 6, 1989, at…