The PEOPLE v. Hunt

In 1964 the petitioner, Eldon Hunt, entered a plea of guilty in the circuit court of Macon County to an indictment charging him with the crime of indecent liberties with a child, and was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of not less than 1 nor more than 20 years. In 1966 he filed a petition under the Post-Conviction Hearing Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1965, chap. 38, art. 122) which was denied without an evidentiary hearing. The case is here on appeal from the judgment dismissing the petition.

For the reasons stated in this opinion we do not reach the question of whether the allegations of the…