People v. Rooney

Petitioner filed a pro se petition for post-conviction relief on October 31, 1969. A public defender was appointed to represent petitioner at the post-conviction hearing; petitioner requested his removal on February 10, 1970, and on April 8, 1970, another attorney was appointed. On September 28, 1970, the petition was dismissed for insufficiency upon a motion by the State, from which dismissal this appeal was taken by The Illinois Defender Project.

Petitioner argues that his court-appointed attorney’s failure to examine petitioner’s trial record resulted in a denial of adequate representation…