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· 3/21/1972

People v. Pier

Citations

  • 281 N.E.2d 289
  • 51 Ill. 2d 96
  • 1972 Ill. LEXIS 398

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • acknowledging that ‘the Act should not be so strictly construed that a fair hearing be denied and the purpose of the Act, i.e., the vindication of constitutional rights, be defeated’
  • the Act “was designed to afford to the convicted an opportunity to inquire into the constitutional integrity of the proceedings in which the judgment was entered”
  • the Act “was designed to afford to the convicted an opportunity to inquire into the constitutional integrity of the proceedings in which the judgment was entered”
  • the Act “was designed to afford to the convicted an opportunity to inquire into the constitutional integrity of the proceedings in which the judgment was entered”
  • the Act \was designed to afford to the convicted an opportunity to inquire into the constitutional integrity of the proceedings in which the judgment was entered\

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Judges: William J. Scott

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