United States ex rel. Mayfield v. Pate

MEMORANDUM OPINION

WILL, District Judge.

Petitioner is presently incarcerated in the Illinois State Penitentiary following *42a conviction in the Circuit Court of Cook County for the offense of unlawful possession of narcotic drugs. He was found guilty by a jury and sentenced to not less than five nor more than ten years.

Petitioner appealed his conviction to the Illinois Appellate Court and that Court affirmed. People v. Mayfield, 69 Ill.App.2d 388, 217 N.E.2d 100 (Abstract Decision, 1966). Subsequently he filed a petition pursuant to the Illinois Post-Conviction Hearing Act. Ill.Rev.Stat., ch.…