Supreme Court of Illinois

In a murder conviction resulting in natural life imprisonment, denial of defendant's leave to file a second postconviction petition is affirmed where a second postconviction petition will not be considered filed until leave to file is expressly granted by the circuit court in accordance with section 122-1(f) of the Post-Conviction Hearing Act.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/20/2007
• Published 09/20/2007

Judges

Court

• Supreme Court of Illinois

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Thomas A. Lilien, Deputy Defender, Paul J. Glaser, Assistant Deputy Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Elgin, for appellant, and Phillip E. LaPointe, pro se., Lisa Madigan, Attorney General, Springfield, Joseph Birkett, State's Attorney, Wheaton (Gary Feinerman, Solicitor General, Michael M. Glick, Eric M. Levin, Assistant Attorneys General, Chicago, of counsel), for the People.