People v. Hampton

The defendant, John Hampton, was convicted of the offense of robbery after a bench trial on May 10, 1966, and sentenced to a term of not less than eleven nor more than fifteen years in the Illinois State Penitentiary. His conviction was affirmed by this court on direct appeal in People v. Hampton, 103 Ill.App.2d 57, 243 N.E.2d 371 (1968). The facts are contained therein and it is unnecessary to reiterate them here.

On April 15, 1972, the defendant filed a post-conviction petition in which he alleged that the arresting poHce officer perjured himself at trial when he testified that the defendant…