People v. Bracey

This is an appeal from the circuit court of Cook County which denied defendant’s petition for relief under section 72 of the Civil Practice Act (Ill.Rev.Stat. 1967, ch. 110, par. 72) and the defendant’s petition for relief under the Post-Conviction Hearing Act (Ill.Rev.Stat. 1967, ch. 38, par. 122 — 1 et seq.).

The defendant had been convicted of murder at a bench trial October 26, 1966, and was sentenced from 14 to 20 years in the penitentiary. This conviction was affirmed by the appellate court. (People v. Bracey (1969), 110 Ill.App.2d 329.) While the appeal was pending, defendant filed a…