People v. Jackson

Defendant, Larry Jackson, was convicted of robbery and sentenced to three years in the Illinois Department of Corrections. No direct appeal was taken from defendant’s conviction. However, defendant filed a petition for post-conviction relief that was denied as meritless. It is from the denial of this petition without the benefit of an evidentiary hearing that this appeal is taken.

Defendant first argues that the circuit court’s order dismissing his petition without a hearing must be reversed because the summary disposition procedure authorized by the Post-Conviction Hearing Act (Act) was not…