The PEOPLE v. Wilson

In December of 1962, the defendant, Carl Wilson, pleaded guilty to an indictment which charged him with armed robbery, and in January of 1963 he was sentenced to imprisonment for a term of not less than five nor more than twenty years. On August 20, 1964, he filed a post-conviction petition, which the circuit court of Cook County dismissed upon motion of the State’s Attorney. He appeals to this court from the order of dismissal.

His post-conviction petition asserted that his constitutional rights were violated in several respects: because the trial judge held a “pre-trial conference” of which…