The PEOPLE v. Shaw

This is an appeal from the circuit court of Cook County which dismissed the defendant’s amended petition for post-conviction relief on the motion of the People without an evidentiary hearing.

On May 1, 1969, the defendant was convicted of burglary on his guilty plea and sentenced to a term of not less than three years nor more than three years and one day in the Illinois State Penitentiary.

Three issues were raised by the amended petition for post-conviction relief and are urged in this court. (1) The sentence imposed (three years to three years and a day) is not an indeterminate sentence as…