People v. Myers

The defendant, Samuel Myers, pleaded guilty on August 7, 1969, to four indictments, each of which charged him with a separate offense of unlawful possession of narcotics, and he was sentenced to concurrent terms of imprisonment of not less than two nor more than six years. The motion of the People to dismiss his post-conviction petition was allowed, after argument but without hearing evidence, and he has appealed.

The defendant’s pro se post-conviction petition asserted that his constitutional rights had been violated because the court accepted his plea of guilty and sentenced him “without…