People v. Jones

In 1977, Robert Jones (defendant) was convicted of the murders of Samuel and Campbell Thompson and sentenced to a term of 100 to 300 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections. Defendant’s convictions and sentence were affirmed by this court in his direct appeal (People v. Jones (1980), 84 Ill. App. 3d 896, 406 N.E.2d 112).

In February 1982, defendant filed a pro se post-conviction petition pursuant to the Post-Conviction Hearing Act (Act) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 38, par. 122 — 1 et seq.). Simultaneously, defendant filed an indigency petition and motion for appointment of counsel in…