People v. Bradley

Following a jury trial, defendant Frank Bradley was convicted of indecent liberties with a child and sentenced to four years’ imprisonment. On direct appeal, this court affirmed the conviction. The only claim asserted by Bradley in that appeal was that he should be granted a new sentencing hearing because the trial court had failed to consider the alternative of periodic imprisonment. (People v. Bradley (1983), 113 Ill. App. 3d 1172 (Rule 23 order).) Leave to appeal was thereafter denied in the Illinois Supreme Court.

Bradley then filed a petition for relief under the Post-Conviction Hearing…