People v. Tennyson

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE DIERINGER

delivered the opinion of the court:

On April 26, 1971, Walter Tennyson was convicted of murder in the Circuit Court of Cook County. Following a conference, the defendant entered a plea of guilty and was sentenced to a term of from fourteen to twenty-five years in the Illinois State Penitentiary. On October 5, 1971, the defendant filed a motion to vacate his guilty plea under both the Post-Conviction Act (Ill. Rev. Stat., ch. 38, sec. 122), and Section 72 of the Illinois Civil Practice Act. (Ill. Rev. Stat., ch. 110, sec. 72.) Relief under such motion was denied,…