The PEOPLE v. Eatmon

This case comes before us on appeal from an order of the circuit court of Cook County dismissing, without an evidentiary hearing, Lewis Eatmon’s pro se petition filed under the- Post-Conviction Hearing Act. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1969, ch. 38, par. 122 — 1 et seq.) At the conclusion of oral árgument we announced our judgment reversing and remanding, with directions to furnish petitioner a transcript of the original trial proceedings and to permit the filing of an amended petition if desired. The reasons for that decision are hereinafter set forth.

The purpose of the Post-Conviction Hearing Act is to…