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PEOPLE v. PARHAM

No. 2-99-0994.

743 N.E.2d 697 (2001)

318 Ill.App.3d 818

252 Ill.Dec. 829

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Oscar PARHAM, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

January 30, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis M. Doherty, Chicago, for Oscar Parham.

Michael J. Waller, Lake County State's Attorney, Waukegan, Martin P. Moltz, Deputy Director, State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Elgin, Paul Benjamin Linton, Northbrook, for the People.

Justice O'MALLEY delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Oscar Parham, presently serving a term of natural life in prison for murder, appeals the trial court's summary dismissal of his petition brought under the PostConviction Hearing Act (Act) (725 ILCS 5/122-1 et seq. (West 1998)). Defendant's direct appeal was unsuccessful, and his first postconviction petition was dismissed without a hearing. We affirm.

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