People v. Horton

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE SIMON

delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, William J. Horton, convicted of armed robbery and sentenced to a term of 20 to 50 years, appeals from a denial following an evidentiary hearing of his petition for post-conviction relief. His conviction was affirmed on direct appeal by the appeUate court (35 Ill. App. 3d 208) and the supreme court (65 Ill. 2d 413). Following affirmance by the appeUate court, the defendant filed a pro se petition for post-conviction reUef. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 38, par. 122—1 et seq.) This petition and a subsequent amended…