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PEOPLE v. WOODS

No. 88198.

739 N.E.2d 493 (2000)

193 Ill.2d 483

250 Ill.Dec. 730

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. Velton L. WOODS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

October 26, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel M. Kirwan, Deputy Defender, and John H. Gleason, Assistant Defender, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Mt. Vernon, for appellant.

James E. Ryan, Attorney General, of Springfield, and William Haine, State's Attorney, of Edwardsville (Joel D. Bertocchi, Solicitor General, and William L. Browers and Lisa Anne Hoffman, Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, of counsel), for the People.

Justice BILANDIC delivered the opinion of the court:

Petitioner, Velton L. Woods, filed a petition in the circuit court of Madison County requesting relief under the Post-Conviction Hearing Act (the Act) (725 ILCS 5/122-1 et seq. (West 1996)). The appellate court dismissed his petition as not timely filed. 306 Ill.App.3d 1144, 240 Ill.Dec. 161, 715 N.E.2d 1218...

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