[DOWNLOAD] "People v. Dunn" by Supreme Court of Illinois # eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: People v. Dunn
- Author : Supreme Court of Illinois
- Release Date : January 02, 1972
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 53 KB
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This is an appeal from a judgment of the circuit court of Hamilton County dismissing defendant's amended post-conviction petition after a full evidentiary hearing. He appeals contending that (1) the State failed to prove him competent to stand trial by a preponderance of the evidence and (2) the trial court in which he pleaded guilty lacked jurisdiction to accept the plea since it had transferred the case to another county. Defendant was indicted in the circuit court of Gallatin County for the murder of his mother and was represented by court-appointed counsel. The State requested a competency hearing, and the defendant interposed a request for a change of place of trial (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1967, ch. 38, sec. 114-6) alleging that he could not receive a fair trial from the inhabitants of Gallatin County. Judge Don A. Foster transferred the case to Hamilton County, also in the Second Judicial Circuit, but he thereafter presided over all phases of the proceedings. A competency hearing was then held before a jury in Hamilton County and defendant was found competent.