Supreme Court of Illinois

In a postconviction pro se petition, dismissal is affirmed where a pro se postconviction claim may be summarily dismissed at the initial stage of the proceedings on the basis of findings that claims are barred by res judicata or waiver.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/03/2005
• Published 06/03/2005

Judges

• Justice FITZGERALD delivered the opinion of the court:

Court

• Supreme Court of Illinois

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Lisa Madigan, Attorney General, Springfield, Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney, Chicago (Lisa Hoffman, Linda D. Woloshin, Assistant Attorneys General, Chicago, Renee G. Goldfarb, Alan J. Spellberg, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


• For Appellees:
  
• Michael J. Pelletier, Deputy Defender, Jeffery A. Waldhoff, Assistant Appellate Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Chicago, for appellee.