Supreme Court of Illinois

A postconviction petitioner may not raise a claim based on Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466 (2000), in a successive postconviction petition.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/21/2003
• Published 10/06/2003

Judges

• Chief Justice McMORROW delivered the opinion of the court:

Court

• Supreme Court of Illinois

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• James E. Ryan, Attorney General, Springfield, Stewart J. Umholtz, State's Attorney, Pekin (Joel D. Bertocchi, Solicitor General, William L. Browers and Domenica A. Osterberger, Assistant Attorneys General, Chicago, Norbert J. Goetten, John X. Breslin and Rita Kennedy Mertel, Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Ottawa, of counsel), for the People.


• For Appellees:
  
• Robert J. Agostinelli, Deputy Defender, Carrie B. Marche, Donna K. Kelly, Assistant Defenders, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Ottawa, for appellant and cross-appellee.