People v. Drew

The defendant, Walter Drew, was charged with various offenses in a multi-count indictment stemming from a robbery of a gas station in which the attendant was fatally wounded. Subsequent to a plea conference wherein the State nolle pressed three counts of the indictment, the defendant, after consulting with his privately retained attorneys, pled guilty to the remaining charge of armed robbery and was sentenced to a prison term of 8 to 14 years. On November 20, 1973, the defendant filed a pro se petition for post-conviction relief as well as a motion for appointment of counsel other than the…