The PEOPLE v. Agnello

* Mr. Justice Hershey

delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Sidoro Agnello, was found guilty of robbery by a jury in the criminal court of Cook County and sentenced to life imprisonment in the penitentiary under the Habitual Criminal Act. This court affirmed his conviction in People v. Agnello, 22 Ill.2d 352. Defendant filed a petition for a hearing under the Illinois Post-Conviction Hearing Act, which was dismissed on motion without a hearing on the merits. Defendant appeals to this court from the order of dismissal.

The defendant’s lengthy pro se petition under the Post-Conviction…