People v. Lyons

Isiah Lyons, Jr., prosecutes this appeal from a judgment in the circuit court of Cook County, dismissing, on motion of the State, his pro se petition filed pursuant to the Post-Conviction Hearing Act. Ill. Rev. Stat. 1967, ch. 38, par. 122 — 1 et seq.

In 1964, petitioner was convicted of murder and sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of from 40 to 50 years. On direct appeal to this court we affirmed. (People v. Lyons, 36 Ill.2d 336.) On May 28, 1968, petitioner filed a pro se post-conviction petition, contending that various trial errors of constitutional dimension acted to deny him a…