The People v. Caise

In May of 1966, James Caise was convicted in the circuit court of Kankakee County on his plea of guilty of the crime of indecent liberties with a child (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1965, chap. 38, par. 11 — 4) and sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of not less than three- nor more than five years. He filed notice of appeal, requested and was given appointed counsel. Thereafter, he withdrew his notice of appeal and filed the instant petition for a post-conviction hearing alleging that he was “ineptly represented by the Public Defender”, his trial counsel, and that “admissions of guilt were…