The PEOPLE v. Heaven

This appeal questions the propriety of the Cook County circuit court’s allowance of the State’s motion to dismiss Curtis Heaven’s post-conviction petition. Ill. Rev. Stat. 1967, ch. 38, par. 122 — 1 etseq.

Petitioner appeared in court with retained counsel September 12, 1963, and pleaded not guilty to the charge of murder. Three months later his counsel was granted leave to withdraw and the public defender was appointed. The following March petitioner appeared in court with the public defender and, after proper inquiry and admonishment, entered a plea of guilty. He was sentenced to a term of…