People v. Lovitz

PRESIDING JUSTICE SEIDENFELD

delivered the opinion of the court:

Eugene Lovitz, the defendant, appeals from the denial of his post-conviction petition following an evidentiary hearing. Defendant’s conviction and sentence for murder had been considered and affirmed by this court on direct appeal. (See People v. Lovitz (1976), 39 Ill. App. 3d 624, appeal denied (1976), 64 Ill. 2d 597, cert, denied (1977), 434 U.S. 842, 54 L. Ed. 2d 107, 98 S. Ct. 141.) The defendant’s post-conviction petition was denied without an evidentiary hearing, and we remanded with directions to conduct an evidentiary…