People v. Heard

Petitioner pleaded guilty in St. Clair County to armed robbery and was sentenced to four to five years in the penitentiary pursuant to a plea agreement. Petitioner subsequently filed a pro se post-conviction petition alleging that the sentence should be reduced; counsel was appointed to represent him. At the argument on the State’s motion to dismiss, counsel for petitioner stated that after consulting with petitioner, petitioner’s trial counsel and friends and relatives of petitioner having knowledge of the circumstances, and after reviewing the record, he did not believe that an issue of…