The PEOPLE v. Armes

The petitioner, John H. Amies, was convicted of forgery after a jury trial in the circuit court of Franklin County and sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of 7 to 14 years. This court, on writ of error, affirmed his conviction in 28 Ill.2d 83. Petitioner now appeals to this court from an order of the trial court denying his petition for relief under the Post-Conviction Hearing Act. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1965, chap. 38, par. 122 — 1 et seq.) He contends that tlie delay between the return of an indictment against him and commencement of his trial on September 26, i960, deprived him of his…