The PEOPLE v. Stoudt

This is an appeal from an order which dismissed a post-conviction petition. In 1965 the defendant, Gary Lee Stoudt, was convicted of murder after a trial before a jury in the circuit court of Whiteside County, and was sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for not less than 25 years nor more than 50 years. Upon appeal, his conviction was affirmed by the appellate court, third district. (90 Ill. App. 2d 140.) Leave to appeal was denied.

On February 21', 1969, the defendant filed a motion for the appointment of counsel to represent him in the preparation of a post-conviction petition and…