Appellate Court of Illinois March 7, 1972, No. 56571 (People v. Buford)

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE STAMOS

delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an appeal from a denial of a hearing under the Post-Conviction Hearing Act.1 Appellant contends that the trial court erred in denying him a hearing “merely because the direct appeal was dismissed by the Supreme Court for untimely filing.”

Appellant was convicted of the offense of murder on March 11, 1966.