People v. LeCompte

This appeal is taken from the dismissal by the circuit court of St. Clair County of petitioner’s pro se petition for post-conviction relief filed pursuant to the Post-Conviction Hearing Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1973, ch. 38, P£r. 122 — 1 et seq.). Petitioner had previously been found guilty by a jury of murder and armed robbery. The court originally imposed a sentence of 198 to 199 years’ imprisonment, which was later reduced on direct appeal to this court, to 20 to 60 years. (People v. LeCompte, 5 Ill. App. 3d 616, 283 N.E.2d 705.) Petitioner presents two questions for review: (1) whether he was…