PEOPLE v. PORTER

Nos. 63274, 63384, 63716 cons.

122 Ill.2d 64 (1988)

521 N.E.2d 1158

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. AARON PORTER, Appellant. — THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. NATHANIEL SINGLETON, Appellant. — THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. MARVA MASON, a/k/a Linda Wells, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Modified on denial of rehearing April 5, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven Clark, Deputy Defender, and Kenneth L. Jones, Barbara C. Kamm, Michael J. Pelletier and Debra R. Salinger, Assistant Appellate Defenders, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Chicago, for appellant.

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Mark L. Rotert, Assistant Attorney General, of Chicago, and Thomas V. Gainer, Jr., and Christopher J. Cummings, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Steven Clark, Deputy Defender, and Kenneth L. Jones, Barbara C. Kamm, Michael J. Pelletier and Debra R. Salinger, Assistant Appellate Defenders, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Chicago, for appellant.

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Mark L. Rotert, Assistant Attorney General, of Chicago, and Thomas V. Gainer, Jr., and Christopher J. Cummings, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Mark L. Rotert, Assistant Attorney General, of Chicago, and Thomas V. Gainer, Jr., and Christopher J. Cummings, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Steven Clark, Deputy Defender, and Kenneth L. Jones, Barbara C. Kamm, Michael J. Pelletier and Debra R. Salinger, Assistant Appellate Defenders, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Chicago, for appellee.


Judgment affirmed. Judgments reversed and remanded.

JUSTICE RYAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendants, Marva Mason, a/k/a Linda Wells, Aaron Porter, and Nathaniel Singleton, filed separate post-conviction petitions and motions for appointment of counsel to represent them on their petitions in the separate cases in the circuit court of Cook County. All three petitions were dismissed as "patently without merit" pursuant to section 122-2.1 of the Post...

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