Supreme Court of Illinois

In a conviction for two counts of aggravated battery of a police officer, summary dismissal of defendant's pro se postconviction petition is affirmed where there was no factual support for the petition's allegations that counsel knew before trial of defendant's allegations that he had been harassed or had filed complaints.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/25/2008
• Published 01/25/2008

Judges

Court

• Supreme Court of Illinois

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Michael J. Pelletier, Deputy Defender, Kerry D. Goettsch, Assistant Appellate Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Chicago, for appellant., Lisa Madigan, Attorney General, Springfield, Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney, Chicago (James E. Fitzgerald, Annette Collins, Peter Maltese, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.