The PEOPLE v. Terry

The petitioner, Charles Ray Terry, entered a plea of guilty in the circuit court of Marion County to an information charging him with the crime of burglary. He was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of not less than 5 nor more than 12 years. A post-conviction petition alleging that petitioner’s constitutional rights were violated in several respects at the time of his conviction was dismissed on motion without a hearing and the petitioner has appealed from that judgment.

We do not reach the merits of petitioner’s claims. The record shows that in his post-conviction petition petitioner…