PEOPLE v. PHILLIPS

No. 2-87-0752.

183 Ill. App.3d 417 (1989)

539 N.E.2d 804

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Respondent-Appellee, v. GEORGE PHILLIPS, Petitioner-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Second District.

Opinion filed May 25, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Joseph Weller and Kim M. DeWitt, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Elgin, for appellant.

James E. Ryan, State's Attorney, of Wheaton (William L. Browers and Marshall M. Stevens, both of State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Office, of counsel), for the People.


Order affirmed.

JUSTICE LINDBERG delivered the opinion of the court:

Petitioner, George Phillips, appeals from an order of the circuit court dismissing his petition for relief under the Post-Conviction Hearing Act (Act) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 38, par. 122-1 et seq.). Petitioner raises one issue on appeal: whether the trial court abused its discretion when it dismissed petitioner's petition without an evidentiary hearing.

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