People v. Harris

Petitioner, Dwight Harris, appeals from the judgment of the circuit court of Cook County denying, without an evidentiary hearing, his amended petition for relief filed under the Post-Conviction Hearing Act. Ill.Rev.Stat. 1969, ch. 38, par. 122—1 et seq.

The record shows that petitioner filed a post-conviction petition pro se, and following appointment of counsel an amended petition signed and verified by petitioner, and supported by the affidavit of his wife, was filed.

In the amended petition it is alleged that petitioner’s pleas of guilty were coerced in that his retained counsel threatened…