People v. Barkan

This is an appeal from an order that sustained a motion by the State and dismissed a supplemental post-conviction petition filed by appellant Jerome Barkan. The issue to be resolved is whether the petition alleged facts which entitled the petitioner to an evidentiary hearing.1 The State’s motion admitted as true all the well-pleaded facts. Therefore, we must examine the petition in order to determine if it made a substantial showing that petitioner’s constitutional rights were violated at his trial. Our examination discloses the following allegations.

Petitioner is a prisoner in the Illinois…