People v. Davis

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE STAMOS

delivered the opinion of the court:

This appeal arises from the dismissal, by the Circuit Court of Cook County, of appellant’s petition for post-conviction relief. The petition essentially alleged that there was a bona fide doubt as to petitioner’s competency to withdraw a plea of not guilty and enter a guilty plea.

In November of 1971, petitioner was arrested in San Francisco, California, on charges of murder and robbery lodged against him in the District of Columbia. Later that month, an Illinois warrant was lodged against him for the murder and robbery of Charles…