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PEOPLE v. HANKS

Nos. 1-00-2519, 1-00-3854.

781 N.E.2d 601 (2002)

335 Ill. App.3d 894

269 Ill.Dec. 804

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Edward HANKS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District.

November 27, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier and Jennifer Bonjean, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Chicago, for appellant.

Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Renee Goldfarb, James E. Fitzgerald, Alan Spellberg, and William L. Toffenetti, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Justice KARNEZIS delivered the opinion of the court:

Petitioner Edward Hanks appeals the circuit court's summary dismissal of his pro se petitions for relief pursuant to the Post-Conviction Hearing Act (hereinafter the Act) (725 ILCS 5/122-1 et seq. (West 2000)). The circuit court dismissed petitioner's initial and successive petitions after finding the issues raised therein to be frivolous and patently without merit.

Petitioner was convicted...

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