The PEOPLE v. Smith

Petitioner, Harold D. Smith, appeals from the order of the circuit court of Winnebago County dismissing, on the State’s motion, his pro se petition filed under the Post-Conviction Hearing Act. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1965, chap. 38, par. 122 — 1 et seq.) He charges that the trial court erred in not appointing counsel to represent him in the post-conviction proceedings and in dismissing his petition.

Petitioner was convicted of robbery in a jury trial November 22, 1963, and was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of 5 to 15 years. He then appealed directly to this court, and we transferred the…