Illinois Supreme Court November 30, 1972, 40576, 42946 cons. (People v. Strother)

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE UNDERWOOD

delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant-petitioner Robert L. Strother was convicted in a Cook County circuit court jury trial of the unlawful sale of narcotics and sentenced to life imprisonment. Defendant appealed directly to this court. He subsequently filed a petition pursuant to the Post-Conviction Hearing Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1967, ch. 38, par. 122—1 et seq.