People v. Cobb

PRESIDING JUSTICE BILANDIC

delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial, defendant Michael Cobb was convicted of murder and armed violence and sentenced to concurrent 25-year terms. On direct appeal, this court affirmed his conviction. (People v. Cobb (1981), 97 Ill. App. 3d 615, 422 N.E.2d 1106.) On May 14, 1984, defendant filed a pro se post-conviction petition. The trial court appointed counsel to represent defendant and subsequently granted the State’s motion to dismiss the post-conviction petition. On appeal from this order, defendant contends that the State’s systematic use…