People v. Woollums

Defendant appeals from an order of the circuit court of Brown County which denied the prayer of his post-conviction petition. He had been tried by a jury in Brown County for the offense of murder, found guilty, and sentenced to a term of 25 to 75 years. The judgment and sentence were affirmed on direct appeal to this court. People v. Woollums (1981), 93 Ill. App. 3d 144, 416 N.E.2d 725.

Thereafter, the instant petition was filed pro se by defendant. (At least one other such petition was voluntarily dismissed by defendant in this court.) The trial court ordered the petition docketed, counsel…