People v. Sigafus

On May 26, 1965, the petitioner, Lon Christopher Sigafus, pleaded guilty in the circuit court of Winnebago County to a charge of theft and was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of 2 to 7 years. In June of 1966, he filed a petition pursuant to the Post-Conviction Hearing Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1965, ch. 38, par. 122 — 1 et seq.) alleging that his constitutional rights had been violated in the trial proceedings against him. More specificalfy, he alleged, inter alia, that he had received incompetent representation and that his plea of guilty had been induced by the prosecutor’s promise of a…