Legal Opinion

People Ex Rel. Bright v. Twomey

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided February 24, 1972No. 71-194PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Per curiam

This cause is before us on a motion to withdraw filed by Bruce I Stratton, District Defender of the Illinois Defender Project, who was I appointed as counsel for Bobby Bright in the above cause. It appears I from such motion that petitioner filed a pro se Petition for Writ of habeas I corpus which was dismissed for failure to allege facts entitling defendant I to relief by the circuit court of Will County. Counsel on appeal asserts I that after a careful examination of the record in the case he has con- ■ eluded that an appeal could not possibly be successful and would be I wholly frivolous.…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Anders v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. The People v. SimsIllinois Supreme Court · 1943
  3. People v. ProngerAppellate Court of Illinois · 1964
  4. People Ex Rel. Lewis v. FryeIllinois Supreme Court · 1969
  5. The People v. HoweIllinois Supreme Court · 1940

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Schlemm v. CowenAppellate Court of Illinois · 2001
  2. Freeman v. CowanAppellate Court of Illinois · 2002
  3. People ex rel. Bright v. TwomeyAppellate Court of Illinois · 1973
  4. Schlemm v. CowenAppellate Court of Illinois · 2001
  5. Schlemm v. CowenAppellate Court of Illinois · 2001

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