Appellate Court of Illinois

Summary dismissal of a petition for relief under the Post-Conviction Hearing Act is affirmed over claims: 1) of ineffective assistance of counsel based upon counsel's failure to investigate defendant's claims of "corruption and coercion" in the conducting of defendant's lineups at Area 2; and 2) that the state violated defendant's right to due process by failing to disclose the existence of voluminous claims of Area 2 police torture pursuant to Brady. (Corrected 8/24/07)

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/24/2007
• Published 09/26/2007

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• Appellate Court of Illinois

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