People v. Bowman

On May 29, 1968, Jimmie D. Bowman pleaded guilty to a charge of forgery in the circuit court of Massac County and was sentenced to serve from one to three years in the penitentiary. He filed a petition under the Post-Conviction Hearing Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1967, ch. 38, par. 122—1 et seq.) on September 26, 1968, in the circuit court of Massac County, claiming substantially that his guilty plea had been coerced, that he had not been informed of his right to remain silent and of his right to legal counsel, that the indictment was faulty, and that his appointed counsel had been incompetent. The…