PEOPLE v. McNEAL

No. 84460.

742 N.E.2d 269 (2000)

194 Ill.2d 135

252 Ill.Dec. 19

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. Aldwin McNEAL, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing Denied January 29, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marshall J. Hartman, Deputy Defender, and Anna Ahronheim, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Chicago, for appellant, and Aldwin McNeal, Pontiac, appellant pro se.

James E. Ryan, Attorney General, Springfield, and Michael J. Waller, State's Attorney, Waukegan (Joel D. Bertocchi, Solicitor General, and Williams L. Browers, Domenica A. Osterberger and Rebecca Zavett, Assistant Attorneys General, Chicago, of counsel), for the People.


Justice MILLER delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Aldwin McNeal, brought this action for post-conviction relief in the circuit court of Lake County. The circuit judge dismissed the petition without an evidentiary hearing. Because the defendant received the death penalty for the underlying first degree murder convictions, the defendant's appeal lies directly to this court. 134 Ill.2d R. 651(a). We now affirm the judgment of the circuit court.

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