PEOPLE v. WILSON

No. 84-2095.

146 Ill. App.3d 567 (1986)

499 N.E.2d 972

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Respondent-Appellee, v. KEVIN WILSON, Petitioner-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (4th Division).

Opinion filed July 3, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven Clark and Debra R. Salinger, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Chicago, for appellant.

Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Joan S. Cherry, Mary Ellen Dienes, and Christopher J. Cummings, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


Reversed and remanded.

JUSTICE McMORROW delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Kevin Wilson, appeals from the trial court's dismissal of his petition for post-conviction relief pursuant to the Illinois Post-Conviction Hearing Act (the Act) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 38, par. 122-1 et seq.). He raises the following questions for our review.

1. Whether the trial court's failure to rule upon the frivolity or patent lack of merit of the...

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