The PEOPLE v. Cox

Clifton H. Cox appeals from an order of the circuit court of Cook County dismissing a petition for post-conviction relief, filed under the provisions of the Post-Conviction Hearing Act. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1963, chap. 38, pars. 122 — 1 et seq.) Constitutional questions give us jurisdiction of the appeal.

Defendant was convicted of armed robbery and on writ of error sued out of this court, the judgment of conviction was affirmed. (People v. Cox, 22 Ill.2d 534.) Among other things, our opinion rejected the contentions of defendant: (1) That he had been deprived of the right to have counsel of his…