People v. Hilliard

The defendant, Wilbur N. Hilliard, was found guilty by a jury of murdering James Dulin. While his direct appeal was pending in this court, the defendant filed petitions for relief in the alternative under section 72 of the Illinois Civil Practice Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 110, par. 72) or under the Illinois Post Conviction Hearing Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 38, pars. 122 — 1 through 122 — 7). The defendant contended in his petitions as supplemented that perjury by the State’s two primary witnesses, his stepson, Johnny Obie, who recanted his trial and grand jury testimony and his…