The PEOPLE v. McKinney

In 1962, a jury in the circuit court of Cook County found the defendant, Will McKinney, guilty of murder, and he was sentenced to imprisonment for a term of 14 years. On November 13, 1964, his writ of error to review that judgment was dismissed on his own motion. On November 27, 1964, the defendant filed a petition under the Post-Conviction Hearing Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1963, chap. 38, par. 122—1 et seq.) and, with the aid of an assistant public defender, an amended petition. After an evidentiaryhearing, the trial judge denied the post-conviction petition, and the defendant has appealed. Upon…