The PEOPLE v. Dudley

The defendant, Thomas Earl Dudley, has appealed from an order of the circuit court of Wabash County which dismissed without an evidentiary hearing a petition prepared by his appointed attorney and filed under the Post-Conviction Hearing Act. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1969, ch. 38, par. 122— 1 et seq.) The circuit court in its order cited the conclusional character of the allegations in the petition as well as the lack of the supporting affidavits or evidence as reasons for dismissal. The defendant, who had been found guilty of theft and armed robbery and sentenced to 15 to 20 years, argues he should…