Hawkins v. State

CATES, Presiding Judge.

This opinion consolidates our views as to the disposition of three appeals from judgments arising from pleas of guilty.

I

No brief strictly within the purview of Supreme Court Rule 9 has been filed on behalf of the appellant, an indigent. Nevertheless, for the purposes of due process the label and format of counsel’s argument are not controlling. Nickols v. Gagnon, 7 Cir., 454 F.2d 467.

The former Court of Appeals (in discussing compliance with Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493) held that “assignments of error” (though not required in our…