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      "The People of the State of Illinois, Appellee, vs. Victor Lee Johndrow, Appellant."
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        "text": "Mr. Justice Kluczynski\ndelivered the opinion of the court:\nThis is an appeal from an order of the circuit court of Madison County denying Victor Lee Johndrow\u2019s petition under the Post-Conviction Hearing Act, (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1967, chap. 38, pars. 122 \u2014 1 et seq.). The petition recited Johndrow\u2019s conviction and sentence for abortion in 1965, the affirmance by the Appellate Court, Fifth District, in 1966 (People v. Johndrow, 71 Ill. App. 2d 75) and denial of leave to appeal by this court. (34 Ill.2d 629.) It further recited certain alleged substantial violations of petitioner\u2019s rights under the due-process guarantees of the State and Federal constitutions. A fair summary of these allegations reduces his claimed violations to two: (1) that the trial court arbitrarily denied his tendered instruction on accomplice testimony, and (2) that the appellate court affirmed his conviction, and the trial court\u2019s above ruling in particular, on grounds not urged by the State, thereby depriving him of procedural due process. Following, an answer by the State and argument on the pleadings, the trial court denied the petition. On appeal, petitioner reasserts the impropriety of the trial court\u2019s ruling on his instruction and the appellate court\u2019s assigned reason for upholding that ruling.\nIt is not necessary to our decision here to delve further into the facts forming the basis for petitioner\u2019s allegations since the clear language of the Post-Conviction Hearing Act is dispositive of these charges. Section 122 \u2014 1 of that Act, which sets forth the jurisdictional requirements for relief thereunder, provides in pertinent part: \u201cAny person imprisoned in the penitentiary who asserts that in the proceedings which resulted in his conviction there was a substantial denial of his rights under the Constitution of the United States or of the State of Illinois or both may institute a proceeding under this Article.\u201d In our judgment, petitioner\u2019s charges do not constitute a denial of constitutional rights, or present questions which will justify post-conviction relief. See People v. Cox, 34 Ill.2d 66, 68; People v. Vitale, 3 Ill.2d 99, 106.\nThe judgment of the circuit court of Madison County is affirmed.\nJudgment affirmed.",
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      "William G. Clark, Attorney General, of Springfield, (Fred G. Leach, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel,) for the People."
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    "head_matter": "(No. 40917.\nThe People of the State of Illinois, Appellee, vs. Victor Lee Johndrow, Appellant.\nOpinion filed May 29, 1968.\nModified on denial of rehearing September 24, 1968.\nEdward D. Groshong, of East Alton, and Emerson Baetz, of Alton, for appellant.\nWilliam G. Clark, Attorney General, of Springfield, (Fred G. Leach, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel,) for the People."
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