People v. Ward

The defendant appeals from a summary dismissal by the circuit court of Champaign county of his pro se petition for post-conviction relief filed pursuant to section 122 — 4 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 38, par. 122 — 4).

Defendant had been convicted of rape and sentenced to 25 years of imprisonment. That conviction was affirmed by this court on direct appeal. (People v. Ward (1980), 83 Ill. App. 3d 766, 404 N.E.2d 847, appeal denied (1980), 81 Ill. 2d 598.) On September 1, 1983, defendant filed his pro se petition and in it alleged ineffective assistance…