The People v. Bernovich

On March 14, 1935, the plaintiff in error, Joseph Bernovich, named as defendant in this opinion, was indicted in the circuit court of Peoria county on the charge of murder. On May 15, 1936, he plead guilty and was sentenced to serve 150 years in the Illinois State Penitentiary at Joliet.

On September 27, 1940, more than four years after he was sentenced, the defendant filed a motion to vacate the judgment sentencing him, asking that he be permitted to withdraw his plea of guilty and.change said plea to “not guilty,” to which motion an answer was filed by the State. On November 26, 1940, an…