The PEOPLE v. Hayes

In 1963 the defendant, Larry Charbert Hayes, pleaded guilty to two charges of armed robbery and one charge of burglary in the circuit court of Cook County and was sentenced to the penitentiary for concurrent terms of five to ten years on each charge. In 1964 he filed a pro se petition under the Illinois Post-Conviction Hearing Act (Ill.Rev.Stat. 1963, ch. 38, par. 122 — 1 et seq.) alleging denial of constitutional rights. The State’s motion to dismiss the petition was sustained and the defendant appealed to this court. We reversed the order of dismissal and remanded the cause to the circuit…