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PEOPLE v. MAHAFFEY

No. 85215.

742 N.E.2d 251 (2000)

194 Ill.2d 154

252 Ill.Dec. 1

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. Reginald MAHAFFEY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing Denied January 29, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John E. Horn, H. Elizabeth Kelley, Tinley Park, and the Office of the State Appellate Defender, Chicago, for appellant.

James E. Ryan, Attorney General, Springfield, and Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney, Chicago (William L. Browers, Assistant Attorney General, Chicago, and Renee Goldfarb, William Carroll, Judy L. DeAngelis, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Jed Stone, Chicago, for Amicus Curiae, The Campaign to End the Death Penalty.

Justice McMORROW delivered the opinion of the court:

Pursuant to the Post-Conviction Hearing Act (725 ILCS 5/122-1 et seq. (West 1994)), defendant, Reginald Mahaffey, petitioned the circuit court of Cook County for post-conviction relief. The trial court dismissed defendant's amended post-conviction petition without conducting an evidentiary hearing. Defendant also filed a motion to vacate his convictions and sentences pursuant to section 2-1401 of the Code...

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