People v. Partee

Defendant Ellis Partee appeals from the dismissal of his petition under the Post-Conviction Hearing Act (111. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 38, par. 122 — 1 et seq.).

Partee was convicted of two separate armed robberies following jury trials and received two concurrent sentences of 8 to 15 years imprisonment. On direct appeal this court affirmed the convictions and sentences, rejecting defendant’s sole argument, that the sentences were excessive. People v. Partee (1975), 29 Ill. App. 3d 423, 331 N.E.2d Ill.

Subsequently, on November 9,1976, defendant filed in the trial court a pro se post-conviction…