The PEOPLE v. Kelley

The circuit court of Madison County, in 1965, accepted the guilty plea of Paul David Kelley to the charge of murder and sentenced him to the penitentiary for a term of 50 to 100 years. A subsequent denial of his habeas corpus petition was affirmed by us in People ex rel. Kelley v. Frye, 41 Ill.2d 287. He later filed a petition for a post-conviction hearing, an evidentiary hearing was held and the court entered an order denying him relief. The appeal from that order is now before us pursuant to Rule 651.

The case has been ably briefed on both sides, and defendant’s arguments are concisely…