Appellate Court of Illinois March 14, 1972, No. 56502 (People v. Jewett)

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United States · · · 14-03-1972

Mr. JUSTICE SCHWARTZ

delivered the opinion of the court:

In a post-conviction petition the defendant alleged that he was induced to plead guilty to a charge of manslaughter on his attorney’s assurance that if he so pleaded the judge would sentence him to five years’ imprisonment, and if he did not plead guilty the State would seek the death penalty or life imprisonment.

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